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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
למה לנצח תשכחנו תעזבנו לארך ימים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
lmh lnTSKH tSHkKHnv t`zbnv lArk ymym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quare in perpetuum oblivisceris nostri derelinques nos in longitudinem dierum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Why do you forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
New King James Version   
Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time?
21st Century King James Version   
Why dost Thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long a time?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
Darby Bible Translation   
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, dost thou forsake us so long time?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
God's Word   
Why have you completely forgotten us? Why have you abandoned us for such a long time?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Why have You forgotten us forever, abandoned us for our entire lives?
International Standard Version   
So why have you completely forgotten us, forsaking us for so long?
NET Bible   
Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?
New American Standard Bible   
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
New International Version   
Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?
New Living Translation   
Why do you continue to forget us? Why have you abandoned us for so long?
Webster's Bible Translation   
Why dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
The World English Bible   
Why do you forget us forever, [And] forsake us so long time?
EasyEnglish Bible   
Tell us why you have forgotten us. Tell us why you have left us alone for so long.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
New Life Version   
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You leave us alone for so long?
The Voice Bible   
Why, then, have You completely forgotten about us? Why have You turned Your back on us through so many dark days?
Living Bible   
Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so long?
New Catholic Bible   
Why have you ceased to remember us? Why have you abandoned us for so long a time?
Legacy Standard Bible   
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Why should thou forget us for ever and forsake us for such a long time?
Christian Standard Bible   
Why do you continually forget us, abandon us for our entire lives?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
New Century Version   
Why have you forgotten us for so long? Have you left us forever?
The Message   
“Remember, God, all we’ve been through. Study our plight, the black mark we’ve made in history. Our precious land has been given to outsiders, our homes to strangers. Orphans we are, not a father in sight, and our mothers no better than widows. We have to pay to drink our own water. Even our firewood comes at a price. We’re nothing but slaves, bullied and bowed, worn out and without any rest. We sold ourselves to Assyria and Egypt just to get something to eat. Our parents sinned and are no more, and now we’re paying for the wrongs they did. Slaves rule over us; there’s no escape from their grip. We risk our lives to gather food in the bandit-infested desert. Our skin has turned black as an oven, dried out like old leather from the famine. Our wives were raped in the streets in Zion, and our virgins in the cities of Judah. They hanged our princes by their hands, dishonored our elders. Strapping young men were put to women’s work, mere boys forced to do men’s work. The city gate is empty of wise elders. Music from the young is heard no more. All the joy is gone from our hearts. Our dances have turned into dirges. The crown of glory has toppled from our head. Woe! Woe! Would that we’d never sinned! Because of all this we’re heartsick; we can’t see through the tears. On Mount Zion, wrecked and ruined, jackals pace and prowl. And yet, God, you’re sovereign still, your throne intact and eternal. So why do you keep forgetting us? Why dump us and leave us like this? Bring us back to you, God—we’re ready to come back. Give us a fresh start. As it is, you’ve cruelly disowned us. You’ve been so very angry with us.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Why do you forget us completely? Why do you abandon us for so long?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
Good News Translation®   
Why have you abandoned us so long? Will you ever remember us again?
Wycliffe Bible   
Why shalt thou forget us [into] without end, shalt thou forsake us into [the] length of days? (Why hast thou forgotten us for so long, shalt thou abandon us forever?)
Contemporary English Version   
Why have you forgotten us for so long?
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Why dost thou forget us for ever, why dost thou so long forsake us?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
Common English Bible © 2011   
Why do you forget us continually; why do you abandon us for such a long time?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Why do you forget us for ever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Why have you utterly forgotten us, forsaken us for so long?
New American Standard Bible   
Why will You forget us forever? Why do You abandon us for so long?
The Expanded Bible   
Why have you forgotten us for so long? Have you ·left [abandoned; forsaken] us ·forever [L for length of days]?
Tree of Life Version   
Why do You always forget us and forsake us for so long?
Revised Standard Version   
Why dost thou forget us for ever, why dost thou so long forsake us?
New International Reader's Version   
Why do you always forget us? Why have you deserted us for so long?
BRG Bible   
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Why do you never remember us? Why abandon us for so long a time?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Why have you forgotten us completely? Why have you forsaken us these many days?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Why dost Thou forget us forever, and forsake us for so long?
Names of God Bible   
Why have you completely forgotten us? Why have you abandoned us for such a long time?
Modern English Version   
Why do You forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
Easy-to-Read Version   
You seem to have forgotten us forever. You seem to have left us alone for such a long time.
International Children’s Bible   
Why have you forgotten us for so long? Why have you left us for so long?
Lexham English Bible   
Why have you forgotten us forever? Why have you forsaken us for so long?
New International Version - UK   
Why do you always forget us? Why do you forsake us so long?