LAM 4:17 Parallel Verse View

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4:17 Variant note: עוד/ינה: (x-qere) ’עוֹדֵ֨י/נוּ֙’: lemma_5750 n_1.1.0 morph_HD/Sp1cp id_25fQG עוֹדֵ֨י/נוּ֙

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ULT In our waiting, our eyes closed in vain for our helper.
 ⇔ In our watchtowers, we looked to the nations. He did not rescue.

UST We continued to look for someone to help us before it was too late,
⇔ but it was useless.
 ⇔ We continued to watch to see if one of our allies would save us,
⇔ but none of the nations that we were waiting for was willing to help us.

BSB  ⇔ All the while our eyes were failing
⇔ as we looked in vain for help.
 ⇔ We watched from our towers
⇔ for a nation that could not save us.

OEB How long did our weary eyes watch
⇔ For the help that was vain!
 ⇔ Yea, on our watch-tower we watched
⇔ For the nation that saved not.

WEB  ⇔ Our eyes still fail,
⇔ looking in vain for our help.
⇔ In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

NET Our eyes continually failed us
 ⇔ as we looked in vain for help.
 ⇔ From our watchtowers we watched
 ⇔ for a nation that could not rescue us.

LSV While we exist—consumed are our eyes for our vain help,
In our watchtower we have watched for a nation [that] does not save.

FBV We wore out our eyes pointlessly looking for help the whole time; we watched from our towers for a nation to come that couldn't save us.

T4T  ⇔ We [SYN] continued to look for someone to help us,
⇔ but it was useless.
 ⇔ We continued to watch to see if one of our allies would save us,
⇔ but none of the nations that we were waiting for could help us.

LEB • looking for our help in vain; • in our watchtower, we kept watch • for a nation that could not save.

BBE Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.

MOF No MOF LAM book available

JPS As for us, our eyes do yet fail for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

ASV  ⇔ Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help:
 ⇔ In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

DRA Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save.

YLT While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.

DBY Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.

RV Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

WBS As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us .

KJB As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
(As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. )

BB Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs, whyles we looked for our vayne helpe, seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good.
(Wherefore yet our eyes fayled us, whyles we looked for our vayne helpe, seeing we ever wayted upon a people that could do us no good.)

GNV Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not saue vs.
(Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not save us. )

CB Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs, whyle we loke for vayne helpe: seynge we be euer waitynge vpon a people, that can do vs no good,
(Wherefore yet our eyes fail us, while we look for vayne helpe: seeing we be ever waitynge upon a people, that can do us no good,)

WYC Phe. The while we stoden yit, oure iyen failiden to oure veyn help; whanne we bihelden ententif to a folc, that myyte not saue vs.
(Phe. The while we stood yit, our iyen failiden to our veyn help; when we bihelden ententif to a folc, that might not save us.)

LUT Noch gafften unsere Augen auf die nichtige Hilfe, bis sie gleich müde wurden, da wir warteten auf ein Volk, das uns doch nicht helfen konnte.
(Noch gafften unsere Augen on the nichtige Hilfe, until they/she/them gleich müde wurden, there wir warteten on a people, the uns though/but not helfen konnte.)

CLV Ain Cum adhuc subsisteremus, defecerunt oculi nostri ad auxilium nostrum vanum; cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem quæ salvare non poterat.
(Ain Since adhuc subsisteremus, defecerunt oculi our to auxilium nostrum vanum; when/with respiceremus attenti to gentem which salvare not/no poterat. )

BRN Phe. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. Tsade. We looked to a nation that could not save.

BrLXX ΦΗ. Ἔτι ὄντων ἡμῶν ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν μάταια ἀποσκοπευόντων ἡμῶν.
(FAʸ. Eti ontōn haʸmōn exelipon hoi ofthalmoi haʸmōn, eis taʸn boaʸtheian haʸmōn mataia aposkopeuontōn haʸmōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Our eyes failed, looking in vain for help

(Some words not found in UHB: all_the_while,we failed eyes,our to/towards help,our Heⱱel/(Abel) in/on/at/with,watching,our watched to/towards nation not save )

Their eyes failing represents their seeking and not being able to find what they were looking for. These two phrases together emphasize that they were trying hard to find help. Alternate translation: “We continued looking, but we could not find anyone to help us”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) for help

(Some words not found in UHB: all_the_while,we failed eyes,our to/towards help,our Heⱱel/(Abel) in/on/at/with,watching,our watched to/towards nation not save )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word help, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “for people to help us”

(Occurrence 0) in vain

(Some words not found in UHB: all_the_while,we failed eyes,our to/towards help,our Heⱱel/(Abel) in/on/at/with,watching,our watched to/towards nation not save )

without succeeding

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) we watched for a nation that could not rescue us

(Some words not found in UHB: all_the_while,we failed eyes,our to/towards help,our Heⱱel/(Abel) in/on/at/with,watching,our watched to/towards nation not save )

Here “watched” represents hoping. It can be stated clearly that they were hoping that a nation would come and rescue them. Alternate translation: “we hoped for a nation to come and rescue us, but it could not rescue us” (See also: figs-explicit)

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