LAM 2:11 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX ΧΑΦ. Ἐξέλιπον ἐν δάκρυσιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου, ἐξεχύθη εἰς τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα μου, ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου, ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν νήπιον καὶ θηλάζοντα ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως.
(ⱩAF. Exelipon en dakrusin hoi ofthalmoi mou, etaraⱪthaʸ haʸ kardia mou, exeⱪuthaʸ eis taʸn gaʸn haʸ doxa mou, epi to suntrimma taʸs thugatros laou mou, en tōi ekleipein naʸpion kai thaʸlazonta en plateiais poleōs.)

BrTr Chaph. Mine eyes have failed with tears, my heart is troubled, my glory is cast down to the ground, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; while the infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.

ULT My eyes have failed with tears;
⇔ my inner parts churn.
⇔ My liver is poured out to the ground
⇔ over the destruction of the daughter of my people,
⇔ when child and infant faint in the streets of the city.

UST I have cried until my eyes can produce no more tears;
⇔ my stomach is churning with anguish.
⇔ I feel as if my insides are spilling out on the ground,
⇔ because so many of my people have died.
⇔ Even children and babies are fainting
⇔ in the city streets because they have nothing to eat.

BSB My eyes fail from weeping;
⇔ I am churning within.
⇔ My heart is poured out in grief
⇔ over the destruction of the daughter of my people,
⇔ because children and infants faint
⇔ in the streets of the city.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB LAM book available

WEBBE ⇔ My eyes fail with tears.
⇔ My heart is troubled.
⇔ My bile is poured on the earth,
⇔ because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
⇔ because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET My eyes are worn out from weeping;
⇔ my stomach is in knots.
⇔ My heart is poured out on the ground
⇔ due to the destruction of my helpless people;
⇔ children and infants faint
⇔ in the town squares.

LSV My eyes have been consumed by tears,
My bowels have been troubled,
My liver has been poured out to the earth,
For the breach of the daughter of my people; In infant and suckling being feeble,
In the broad places of the city,

FBV My eyes are worn out from crying; inside I am in turmoil. I'm sick and exhausted over the destruction of Jerusalem, the daughter of my people, because children and infants are fainting in the city streets.

T4T ⇔ My eyes are very tired because of my tears;
⇔ I am very grieved in my soul.
⇔ Because very many of my people have been killed,
⇔ I grieve and am exhausted.
⇔ Even children and babies are fainting
⇔ and dying in the streets because they have no food.

LEB • My eyes have spent all their tears ;[fn]
  • my stomach[fn] is in torment,
• my heart[fn] is poured out on the earth
  • because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
• because child and babe faint
  • in the public squares of a city.

2:? Literally “finished with the weeping”

2:? Literally “my inward parts”

2:? Literally “my liver”

BBE My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.

Moff My eyes are worn with tears,
⇔ my soul is wretched,
⇔ my heart is melting
⇔ for the wreck of my people,
⇔ for babies and infants swooning
⇔ in the city-streets,

JPS Mine eyes do fail with tears, mine inwards burn, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the breach of the daughter of my people; because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the broad places of the city.

ASV ⇔ Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled;
⇔ My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
⇔ Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

DRA Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the streets of the city.

YLT Consumed by tears have been my eyes, Troubled have been my bowels, Poured out to the earth hath been my liver, For the breach of the daughter of my people; In infant and suckling being feeble, In the broad places of the city,

Drby Mine eyes are consumed with tears, my bowels are troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, because of the ruin of the daughter of my people; because infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.

RV Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

SLT Mine eyes failed with tears, my bowels were in a ferment, my liver was poured out to the earth, upon the breaking of the daughter of my people; in the fainting of the child and suckling in the wide places of the city.

Wbstr My eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

KJB-1769 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.[fn]

2.11 swoon: or, faint

KJB-1611 [fn]Mine eyes doe faile with teares: my bowels are troubled: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the sucklings swoone in the streets of the citie.
(Mine eyes do fail with tears: my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the sucklings swoone in the streets of the city.)

2:11 Or, faint.

Bshps Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping, my body is disquieted, my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people, seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie.
(Mine eyes begin to fail me through weeping, my body is disquieted, my liver is poured upon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people, seeing the children and babes did swowne in the streets of the city.)

Gnva Mine eyes doe saile with teares: my bowels swell: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings swoone in the streetes of the citie.
(Mine eyes do saile with tears: my bowels swell: my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings swoone in the streets of the city.)

Cvdl Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow wepinge, my body is disquieted, my leuer is poured vpon the earth, for the greate hurte of my people, seynge the children and babes dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite.
(Mine eyes begin to fail me through weeping, my body is disquieted, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the great hurt of my people, seeing the children and babes did swowne in the streets of the city.)

Wycl Caph. Myn iyen failiden for teeris, myn entrails weren disturblid; my mawe was sched out in erthe on the sorewe of the douyter of my puple; whanne a litil child and soukynge failide in the stretis of the citee.
(Caph. Mine eyes failed for tears, mine entrails were disturbed; my stomach/innards was shed out in earth on the sorrow of the daughter of my people; when a little child and sucking failed in the streets of the city.)

Luth Ich habe schier meine Augen ausgeweinet, daß mir mein Leib davon wehe tut; meine Leber ist auf die Erde ausgeschüttet über dem Jammer der Tochter meines Volks, da die Säuglinge und Unmündigen auf den Gassen in der Stadt verschmachteten,
(I have sheer/pure my eyes ausgeweinet, that to_me my body of_that woe does; my liver is on/in/to the earth/land/ground poured_out above to_him misery the/of_the daughter my peoples, there the babies/infants and Unmündigen on/in/to the alleys/lanes in the/of_the city languished,)

ClVg Caph Defecerunt præ lacrimis oculi mei, conturbata sunt viscera mea; effusum est in terra jecur meum super contritione filiæ populi mei, cum deficeret parvulus et lactens in plateis oppidi.
(Caph Defecerunt before with_tears eyes my/mine, troubled are entrails my; spilled it_is in/into/on earth/land liver mine over breaking daughters of_the_people my/mine, when/with to_failt little_one and suckling in/into/on the_streets the_town.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כָּל֨וּ בַ⁠דְּמָע֤וֹת עֵינַ⁠י֙

(Some words not found in UHB: fail by,tears eyes_of,my in_torment parts_of,my_inward poured_out to,ground liver_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction_of daughter_of my_people_of,my because,grow_faint babes and,sucking_child in_[the],open_places_of city )

The writer is using the expression My eyes have failed with tears as a common expression of the culture to mean that one has wept so much that the eyes are exhausted and can no longer produce tears. If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I have cried until my eyes are exhausted]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חֳמַרְמְר֣וּ מֵעַ֔⁠י

in_torment parts_of,my_inward

Here, my inner parts represent deep emotional anguish. Jeremiah uses the internal organs as a way of referring to intense grief. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [I am deeply troubled within]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נִשְׁפַּ֤ךְ לָ⁠אָ֨רֶץ֙ כְּבֵדִ֔⁠י

The writer is speaking of his emotional anguish as if his liver had been poured out to the ground, like liquid spilling from a container. He means that he is completely overwhelmed. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am completely overwhelmed with grief]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

עוֹלֵל֙ וְ⁠יוֹנֵ֔ק

babes and,sucking_child

The terms child and infant are paired to represent the very youngest and most vulnerable members of the community. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express this with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [the young children]

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