Lamentations 5:15

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Joy has vanished from our hearts, our dancing has turned into mourning.

Berean Standard Bible:

Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

American Standard Version:

The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

The joy{H4885} of our heart{H3820} is ceased{H7673}; our dance{H4234} is turned{H2015} into mourning{H60}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Jeremiah 25:10

  • Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

Amos 8:10

  • And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

James 4:9

  • Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

James 4:10

  • Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Amos 6:4

  • That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Amos 6:7

  • Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

Psalms 30:11

  • Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

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Commentary for Lamentations 5:15

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H4885
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָשׂוֹשׂ
    Transliteration: mâsôws
    Pronunciation: maw-soce'
    Description: from שׂוּשׂ; delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling); joy, mirth, rejoice.
  2. Strong's Number: H3820
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לֵב
    Transliteration: lêb
    Pronunciation: labe
    Description: a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
  3. Strong's Number: H7673
    There are 67 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁבַת
    Transliteration: shâbath
    Pronunciation: shaw-bath'
    Description: a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific); (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
  4. Strong's Number: H4234
    There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָחוֹל
    Transliteration: mâchôwl
    Pronunciation: maw-khole'
    Description: from חוּל; a (round) dance; dance(-cing).
  5. Strong's Number: H2015
    There are 92 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָפַךְ
    Transliteration: hâphak
    Pronunciation: haw-fak'
    Description: a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert; [idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
  6. Strong's Number: H60
    There are 1725 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵבֶל
    Transliteration: ʼêbel
    Pronunciation: ay'-bel
    Description: from אָבַל; lamentation; mourning.