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ULT My eyes flow with streams of water because the daughter of my people are destroyed.

BSB Streams of tears flow from my eyes
⇔ over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

OEB Mine eye runs with rivers of water
⇔ For the wreck of my people.

WEB ⇔ My eye runs down with streams of water,
⇔ for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

WMB (Same as above)

NET Streams of tears flow from my eyes
⇔ because my people are destroyed.

LSV Streams of water go down my eye,
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

FBV Tears stream from my eyes over the death of my people.

T4T ⇔ I cry a lot
⇔ because my people have been destroyed.

LEB • because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

BBE Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Moff No Moff LAM book available

JPS Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.

ASV Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

DRA Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

YLT Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Drby Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

RV Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Wbstr My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJB-1769 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJB-1611 Mine eye runneth downe with riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people:
(Whole rivers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people:)

Gnva Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
(Mine eye casteth out rivers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.)

Cvdl Whole ryuers of water gu?she out of myne eyes, for the greate hurte of my people.
(Whole rivers of water gu?she out of mine eyes, for the great hurt of my people.)

Wyc Ayn. Myn iyen ledden doun departyngis of watris, for the defoulyng of the douyter of my puple.
(Ayn. Myn iyen ledden down departyngis of waters, for the defoulyng of the douyter of my people.)

Luth Meine Augen rinnen mit Wasserbächen über dem Jammer der Tochter meines Volks.
(My Augen rinnen with waterbächen above to_him Yammer the/of_the Tochter meines peoples.)

ClVg Phe Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus, in contritione filiæ populi mei.
(Phe Divisiones waterrum deduxit oculus mine, in contritione filiæ of_the_people my/mine.)

BrTr Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

BrLXX Ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου.
(Afeseis hudatōn kataxei ho ofthalmos mou epi to suntrimma taʸs thugatros tou laou mou.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

The author speaks about himself again.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) My eyes flow with streams of tears

(Some words not found in UHB: streams waters flow eyes,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction daughter_of people,my )

Here the author speaks of the great amount of his tears as if they were streams. He uses exaggeration to show that he is very sad and has cried much. Alternate translation: “Tears flow from my eyes like water flowing in a river” (See also: figs-hyperbole)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) because my people are destroyed

(Some words not found in UHB: streams waters flow eyes,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in destruction daughter_of people,my )

This can stated in active form. Alternate translation: “because enemies have destroyed my people”

Parallel LAM 3:48

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