Lamentations 4:17 | |
NASB: Yet our eyes failed, [Looking] for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save. (NASB ©1995) GWT: "We are still straining our eyes, trying in vain to find help. We waited and waited for a nation that didn't save us. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. ASV: Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. BBE: Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation. DBY: Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save. JPS: As for us, our eyes do yet fail for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. WBS: 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: 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: While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not. | |
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