NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Our persecutorsradaph (raw-daf') to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r). are swifter qal (kal) light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial) -- light, swift(-ly). than the eagles nesher (neh'-sher) the eagle (or other large bird of prey) -- eagle. of the heaven shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim) air, astrologer, heaven(-s). they pursued dalaq (daw-lak') to flame -- burning, chase, inflame, kindle, persecute(-or), pursue hotly. us upon the mountains har (har) a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion. they laid wait 'arab (aw-rab') to lurk -- (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait. for us in the wilderness midbar (mid-bawr') a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness. King James Bible Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Holman Christian Standard Bible Those who chased us were swifter than eagles in the sky; they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness. International Standard Version Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness. NET Bible Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness. GOD'S WORD® Translation Those who were hunting us were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us in the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness. King James 2000 Bible Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. Links Lamentations 4:19Lamentations 4:19 NIV Lamentations 4:19 NLT Lamentations 4:19 ESV Lamentations 4:19 NASB Lamentations 4:19 KJV |
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