LAM 5:17 Parallel View

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ULT On account of this, our hearts have become sick;
 ⇔ on account of these things, our eyes grow dim.

UST We are tired and discouraged,
⇔ and we cannot see well because our eyes are full of tears.

BSB  ⇔ Because of this, our hearts are faint;
⇔ because of these, our eyes grow dim—

OEB For this is our heart turned faint,
⇔ For these things our eyes are grown dim–

WEB For this our heart is faint.
⇔ For these things our eyes are dim:

NET Because of this, our hearts are sick;
 ⇔ because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.

LSV Our heart has been sick for this,
Our eyes have been dim for these.

FBV Because of all this, we're sick at heart; because of all these things, we can hardly look;

T4T We [SYN] are tired and discouraged [IDM],
⇔ and we cannot see well because our eyes are full of tears.

LEB • because of these, our eyes have become dim.

BBE Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

MOF No MOF LAM book available

JPS For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim;

ASV For this our heart is faint;
 ⇔ For these things our eyes are dim;

DRA Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,

YLT For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

DBY For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

RV For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim;

WBS For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim;

KJB For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

BB Therefore our heart is full of heauinesse, and our eyes dimme.

GNV Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,

CB Therfore oure hert is full of heuynesse, & oure eyes dymme:
(Therfore our heart is full of heuynesse, and our eyes dymme:)

WYC Therfor oure herte is maad soreuful, therfor oure iyen ben maad derk.
(Therefore our heart is made soreuful, therefore our iyen been made derk.)

LUT Darum ist auch unser Herz betrübt, und unsere Augen sind finster worden
(Therefore is also unser Herz betrübt, and unsere Augen are dark worden)

CLV Propterea mœstum factum est cor nostrum; ideo contenebrati sunt oculi nostri,
(That's_why mœstum factum it_is heart nostrum; ideo contenebrati are oculi nostri,)

BRN For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened.

BrLXX Περὶ τούτου ἐγενήθη ὀδύνη, ὀδυνηρὰ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν, περὶ τούτου ἐσκότασαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.
(Peri toutou egenaʸthaʸ odunaʸ, odunaʸra haʸ kardia haʸmōn, peri toutou eskotasan hoi ofthalmoi haʸmōn.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) For this our heart has become sick

(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this it_became faint heart,our on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in these grow_dim eyes,our )

The “heart” represents a person’s emotions. This speaks of a person being discouraged as if their emotions were sick. Alternate translation: “Because of this we are discouraged” (See also: figs-metaphor)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) for these things our eyes grow dim

(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in this it_became faint heart,our on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in these grow_dim eyes,our )

This means that they have a hard time seeing because they are crying. Alternate translation: “and we can hardly see because our eyes are full of tears”

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