Lamentations 4:17
ContextNET © | ע (Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. 1 From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us. |
NIV © | Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us. |
NASB © | Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save. |
NLT © | We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could offer no help at all. |
MSG © | We watched and watched, wore our eyes out looking for help. And nothing. We mounted our lookouts and looked for the help that never showed up. |
BBE © | Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation. |
NRSV © | Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; we were watching eagerly for a nation that could not save. |
NKJV © | Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us . |
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NET © | ע (Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. 1 From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Our eyes failed in vain for help.” |