Lamentations 4:17
“As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 4:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Noch schmachten unsere Augen nach unserer nichtigen Hilfe; in unserem Warten warten wir auf ein Volk, das nicht retten wird.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Aun nos han desfallecido nuestros ojos tras nuestro vano socorro: en nuestra esperanza aguardamos gente que no puede salvar.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Quanto a nós, desfaleceram-se nossos olhos esperando por socorro para nós; aguardávamos atentamente uma nação que não podia salvar.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Nossos olhos falharam, procurando em vão por ajuda; das nossas torres de vigia, olhávamos por uma nação que não poderia nos salvar.
📖 Lamentations 4:17 in Context
15They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
16The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
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