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KJV Lexicon As for us our eyes`ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) as yet failed kalah (kaw-law') to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume) for our vain hebel (heh'bel) emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity. help `ezrah (ez-raw') aid -- help(-ed, -er). in our watching tsphiyah (tsef-ee-yaw') watchfulness -- watching. we have watched tsaphah (tsaw-faw') to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await -- behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man). for a nation gowy (go'-ee) a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people. that could not save yasha` (yaw-shah') to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor us Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save. King James 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for assistance; we watched from our towers for a nation that refused to help. International Standard Version Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help. NET Bible Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us. GOD'S WORD® Translation "We are still straining our eyes, trying in vain to find help. We waited and waited for a nation that didn't save us. King James 2000 Bible As for us, our eyes as yet failed, watching for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. Links Lamentations 4:17Lamentations 4:17 NIV Lamentations 4:17 NLT Lamentations 4:17 ESV Lamentations 4:17 NASB Lamentations 4:17 KJV |
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