Lamentations 4:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
In context
15 “Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
16 The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
17 All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
18 They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
Lamentations 4:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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 .