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BSB  ⇔ What can I say for you?
⇔ To what can I compare you,
⇔ O Daughter of Jerusalem?
 ⇔ To what can I liken you,
⇔ that I may console you,
⇔ O Virgin Daughter of Zion?
 ⇔ For your wound is as deep as the sea.
⇔ Who can ever heal you?

OEB With what shall I rank or compare thee,
⇔ O daughter of Jerusalem?
 ⇔ Where is thy like, that I comfort thee,
⇔ Virgin of Zion?
 ⇔ For vast as the sea is thy ruin;
⇔ (Alas!) who can heal thee?

WEB  ⇔ What shall I testify to you?
⇔ What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem?
 ⇔ What shall I compare to you,
⇔ that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion?
 ⇔ For your breach is as big as the sea.
⇔ Who can heal you?

NET With what can I equate you?
 ⇔ To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem?
 ⇔ To what can I liken you
 ⇔ so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion?
 ⇔ Your wound is as deep as the sea.
 ⇔ Who can heal you?

LSV What do I testify [to] you, what do I liken to you,
O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to you, and I comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea [is] your breach,
Who gives healing to you?

FBV What can I tell you? What shall I compare you to, Daughter of Jerusalem? What can I say you're like in order to comfort you, virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound gapes as wide as the sea—who could ever heal you?

T4T  ⇔ You people of Jerusalem [MTY, DOU],
⇔ ◄what can I/there is nothing that I can► say to help you.
 ⇔ No people have [RHQ] suffered like you are suffering;
⇔ I do not know what I can do to comfort you.
 ⇔ The disaster [MET] that you have experienced is as great
⇔ as the ocean is deep;
⇔ there is no one [RHQ] who can restore your city.

LEB  •  O daughter of Jerusalem? •  To what can I liken you so that I can comfort you, •  O virgin daughter of Zion? •  For your destruction is as vast as the sea; •  who can heal you?

BBE What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

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JPS What shall I take to witness for thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee?

ASV What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem?
 ⇔ What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion?
 ⇔ For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

DRA Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?

YLT What do I testify [to] thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea [is] thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?

DBY What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee?

RV What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

WBS What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

KJB What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
  (What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Yerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy/your breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?)

BB What shall I say vnto thee, O thou daughter Hierusalem? to whom shal I liken thee? To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion, to comfort thee withall? thy heart is lyke a mayne sea, who may heale thee?
  (What shall I say unto thee, O thou/you daughter Yerusalem? to whom shall I liken thee? To whom shall I compare thee O thou/you daughter Sion, to comfort thee withall? thy/your heart is like a mayne sea, who may heale thee?)

GNV What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee? what thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter Ierusalem? what shall I liken to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgine daughter Zion? for thy breach is great like ye sea: who can heale thee?
  (What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter Yerusalem? what shall I liken to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgine daughter Zion? for thy/your breach is great like ye/you_all sea: who can heale thee?)

CB What shal I saye of the (O thou doughter Ierusalem) to whom shall I licke the? To whom shal I copare the (o thou doughter Sion) to comforte the withall? Thy hurte is like a mayne see, who maye heale the?
  (What shall I say of the (O thou/you doughter Yerusalem) to whom shall I licke the? To whom shall I copare the (o thou/you doughter Sion) to comfort the withall? Thy hurt is like a mayne see, who may heale the?)

WYC Men. To whom schal Y comparisoun thee? ether to whom schal Y licne thee, thou douyter of Jerusalem? to whom schal Y make thee euene, and schal Y coumforte thee, thou virgyn, the douyter of Sion? for whi thi sorewe is greet as the see; who schal do medicyn to thee?
  (Men. To whom shall I comparisoun thee? ether to whom shall I licne thee, thou/you douyter of Yerusalem? to whom shall I make thee euene, and shall I coumforte thee, thou/you virgyn, the douyter of Sion? for why thy/your sorrow is great as the see; who shall do medicyn to thee?)

LUT Ach, du Tochter Jerusalem, wem soll ich dich gleichen und wofür soll ich dich rechnen, du Jungfrau Tochter Zion? Wem soll ich dich vergleichen, damit ich dich trösten möchte? Denn dein Schaden ist groß, wie ein Meer; wer kann dich heilen?
  (Ach, you Tochter Yerusalem, wem should I you/yourself gleichen and wofür should I you/yourself rechnen, you Yungfrau Tochter Zion? Wem should I you/yourself vergleichen, damit I you/yourself trösten möchte? Because your Schaden is groß, like a Meer; wer kann you/yourself heilen?)

CLV Mem Cui comparabo te, vel cui assimilabo te, filia Jerusalem? cui exæquabo te, et consolabor te, virgo, filia Sion? magna est enim velut mare contritio tua: quis medebitur tui?
  (Mem Cui comparabo you(sg), vel cui assimilabo you(sg), daughter Yerusalem? cui exæquabo you(sg), and consolabor you(sg), virgo, daughter Sion? magna it_is because velut mare contritio tua: quis medebitur tui?)

BRN Mem. What shall I testify to thee, or what shall I compare to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? who shall save and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for the cup of thy destruction is enlarged: who shall heal thee?

BrLXX ΜΗΜ. Τί μαρτυρήσω σοι, ἢ τί ὁμοιώσω σοι, θύγατερ Ἱερουσαλήμ; τίς σώσει καὶ παρακαλέσει σε, παρθένος θύγατερ Σιών; ὅτι ἐμεγαλύνθη ποτήριον συντριβῆς σου, τίς ἰάσεταί σε;
  (MAʸM. Ti marturaʸsō soi, aʸ ti homoiōsō soi, thugater Hierousalaʸm? tis sōsei kai parakalesei se, parthenos thugater Siōn? hoti emegalunthaʸ potaʸrion suntribaʸs sou, tis iasetai se?)