Lamentations 4:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLamentations 4:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
עודינה
ʻôwd
H5750
still
עוֹדֵ֨ינוּ֙
ʻôwd
H5750
still
תִּכְלֶ֣ינָה
kâlâh
H3615
to finish
עֵינֵ֔ינוּ
ʻayin
H5869
eye
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ
ʻezrâh
H5833
help
הָ֑בֶל
hebel
H1892
vapor
בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּ
tsᵉphîyâh
H6836
watchtower
צִפִּ֔ינוּ
tsâphâh
H6822
to keep watch
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
גּ֖וֹי
gôwy
H1471
nation
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יוֹשִֽׁעַ
yâshaʻ
H3467
to save
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Our eyes still ended for our help—a vapor. In our watching, we watched for a nation does not save. TSADHE
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).