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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 stomach churns.
⇔ My inner parts are poured out to the ground, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
⇔ when child and infant faint in the streets of the town.

UST My eyes are very tired because of my tears;
⇔ I am very grieved within my inner being.
⇔ Because very many of my people have died,
⇔ in my inner being I grieve and am exhausted.
⇔ Even children and babies are fainting
⇔ and dying in the streets because they have no food.

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.

OEB Mine eyes are wasted with weeping,
⇔ My bowels are troubled.
⇔ My heart is poured out on the ground
⇔ For the wreck of my people.
⇔ The babe and the suckling lie faint
⇔ On the streets of the city.

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 • [fn] [fn] is in torment, • [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.

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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.

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 liuer 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 liuer 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 liuer 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.
(Myne eyes begynne to fail me through wepinge, my body is disquieted, my leuer 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. Myn eyes failiden for teeris, mine entrails were disturblid; my mawe was sched out in earth on the sorrow of the daughter of my puple; when a little child and soukynge failide in the stretis 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 schier my Augen ausgeweinet, that to_me my body davon wehe tut; my Leber is on the earth ausgeschüttet above to_him Yammer the/of_the Tochter my peoples, there the Säuglinge and Unmündigen on the Gassen in the/of_the city verschmachteten,)

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 præ lacrimis oculi my/mine, conturbata are viscera mea; effusum it_is in earth/land yecur mine over contritione daughters of_the_people my/mine, when/with deficeret parvulus and lactens in plateis oppidi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

The author shifts from describing Jerusalem to describing his own experience.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) My eyes have failed from their tears

(Some words not found in UHB: fail in/on/at/with,weeping eyes,my in_torment stomach,my poured_out on_the,ground heart,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction daughter_of people,my in/on/at/with,faint babes and,infants in/on/at/with,streets city )

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “I have cried until I cannot cry anymore”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) my stomach churns

The word “churn” means to move around violently, normally in a circular rotation. This does not mean the stomach is literally churning, but describes how the author feels. Alternate translation: “my insides ache” or “my stomach hurts”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) my inner parts are poured out to the ground

The author speaks of feeling grief in his inner being as if his inner body parts had fallen out of his body onto the ground. Alternate translation: “my entire inner being is in grief”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the daughter of my people

This is a poetic name of Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. Alternate translation: “my people” (See also: figs-personification)

Parallel LAM 2:11

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