Lamentations 4:17 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

ASV Byzantine Text

Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Asang Khongca Bible

Bomkung to ka pakrong o e, ka hnu o ai; kaicae pahlong thai ai acaeng kaminawk to ka zing o lat.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Amih a khoengvoep bangla kamih khaw ka n'khoengvoep uh. Kaimih kah bomnah ham khaw kaimih mik ni a kha. Aka daem sak pawh namtom te kaimih kah rhaltawt lamloh n'rhaltawt thil khaw a honghi ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Amih a khoengvoep bangla kamih khaw ka n'khoengvoep uh. Kaimih kah bomnah ham khaw kaimih mik ni a kha. Aka daem sak pawh namtom te kaimih kah rhaltawt lamloh n'rhaltawt thil khaw a honghi ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A hiki mai i keia wa, ua maule ko makou mau maka, no ke kokua makehewa ia mai; I ko makou kakali ana, ua kakali makou i ka lahuikanaka hoola ole mai.

English 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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Je nou wouj afòs nou kriye. N'ap tann yon sekou ki pa janm vini. M'ap veye tann yon nasyon ki pa ka fè anyen pou delivre nou.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ain Cum adhuc subsisteremus, defecerunt oculi nostri ad auxilium nostrum vanum; cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem quæ salvare non poterat.

Bible in Basic English

Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Pour nous, nos yeux se consumaient après un secours de vanité ; nous avons attendu continuellement une nation qui ne sauvait pas.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A vždy ještě až do ustání očí svých hledíme o pomoc sobě neprospěšnou, zření majíce k národu, nemohoucímu vysvoboditi.

Kosraean Bible

Kut sukok kasru nwe wanginla ku lasr in sifilpa suk, a wanginna kasru tuku nu sesr. Kut tupanna mu mutunfacl se ac tuku kasrekut, a tiana tuku.

World Portuguese Bible

Nossos olhos ainda desfalecem, buscando em vão por socorro. Em nossa vigília, ficamos aguardando por uma nação que não podia salvar.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cât despre noi, ochii noștri lâncezesc după ajutorul nostru zadarnic; în vegherea noastră am vegheat spre o națiune care nu putea să ne salveze.

Brenton English Septuagint

Phe. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. Tsade. We looked to a nation that could not save.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ငါတို့သည်အဘယ်အခါ၌မျှမပေါ်လာသည့် အကူအညီကိုစောင့်မျှော်နေခဲ့ကြ၏။ ငါတို့သည်အဘယ်သို့မျှအကူအညီမပေး နိုင်သည့် နိုင်ငံမှအကူအညီကို ဆက်လက်စောင့်မျှော်ခဲ့ကြ၏။

Darby Translation

Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Noch schmachten unsere Augen nach unserer nichtigen Hilfe; in unserem Warten warten wir auf ein Volk, das nicht retten wird.

Dutch Bible 1917

Ain. Nog bezweken ons onze ogen, ziende naar onze ijdele hulp; wij gaapten met ons gapen op een volk, dat niet kon verlossen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Toch keken wij nog smachtend uit Naar redding: maar tevergeefs; Op onze wachtpost bleven wij staren Naar een volk, dat ons toch niet zou helpen.

Italian Diodati Bible

Mentre siamo durati, i nostri occhi si son consumati Dietro al nostro soccorso, che non è stato altro che vanità; Noi abbiam riguardato nella nostra vedetta Ad una gente che non potea salvare .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.

Geneva Bible 1599

Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not saue vs.

Noyes Bible

Still did our eyes fail, looking for help in vain; On our watch-tower did we watch for a nation that could not save us.

Danish Bible 1931

End smægted vort Blik efter Hjælp, men kun for at skuffes, på Varden spejded vi efter det Folk, der ej hjælper*. { [*dvs. Ægypterne. Jer. 37, 5.] }

Leeser Tanakh

Even now our eyes anxiously wait for our valueless help: in our waiting have we waited for a nation that cannot help.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Mắt chúng ta mòn mỏi trông sự cứu luống công! Chúng ta trông đợi hướng về một dân không thể cứu.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Ka koeʻuhi ko kitautolu, naʻe vaivai hotau mata ko e meʻa ʻi heʻetau tokoni vaʻinga: ʻi heʻetau leʻo kuo tau leʻo ki ha puleʻanga, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ke faʻa lava ke fakamoʻui ʻakitautolu.

French Ostervald Bible

Et pour nous, nos yeux se sont consumés jusqu'ici après un vain secours. Du haut de nos tours, nous avons regardé vers une nation qui ne pouvait nous délivrer.

Esperanto Bible

Ankoraŭ laciĝadis niaj okuloj, atendante senvaloran helpon; Streĉe ni atendis nacion, kiu ne povas helpi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Nos yeux se consumaient encore, Et nous attendions vainement du secours; Nos regards se portaient avec espérance Vers une nation qui ne nous a pas délivrés.

German Luther Bible 1912

Noch gafften unsre Augen auf die nichtige Hilfe, bis sie müde wurden, da wir warteten auf ein Volk, das uns doch nicht helfen konnte.

LXX2012 U. S. English

PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. TSADE. We looked to a nation that could not save.

British English Septuagint 2012

PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. TSADE. We looked to a nation that could not save.

Majority 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.

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 .

Revised 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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E a noi si consumavano ancora gli occhi in cerca d’un soccorso, aspettato invano; dai nostri posti di vedetta scrutavamo la venuta d’una nazione che non potea salvarci.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Nos yeux s'épuisent encore à chercher en vain du secours. Dans notre attente, nous avons guetté une nation incapable de nous sauver.

Reina Valera 1909

Aun nos han desfallecido nuestros ojos tras nuestro vano socorro: en nuestra esperanza aguardamos gente que no puede salvar.

Spanish BLL

Nuestros ojos ya no dan más, esperando en vano una ayuda que no llega. Desde nuestras torres vigilamos esperando a una nación que no podía salvarnos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Nuestros ojos aún se cansan esperando en vano un socorro que no llega. Desde nuestras atalayas aguardamos a una nación que no podía salvar.

Croatian Bible

Već nam oči iščilješe iščekujući pomoć, ali uzalud; s kula naših zureć' u daljinu očekivasmo narod koji nas ne može spasiti.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Već nam oči iščileše izgledajući pomoć zaludnu; čekasmo narod koji ne može izbaviti.

German Textbibel

Wie lange schmachteten unsere Augen vergeblich nach Hilfe für uns! Auf unserer Warte warteten wir auf ein Volk, das nicht hilft.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

While we yet lived our eyes failed, While we looked in vain for our help. We looked to a nation that could not save.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

עודינה תִּכְלֶ֣ינָה עֵינֵ֔ינוּ אֶל־עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ הָ֑בֶל בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּ צִפִּ֔ינוּ אֶל־גּ֖וֹי לֹ֥א יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ ס