17Ain. 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.


In Context

14 Nun. They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they were defiled with blood: and when they could not help walking in it, they held up their skirts.

15 Samech. Depart you that are defiled, they cried out to them: Depart, get ye hence, touch not: for they quarrelled, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles: He will no more dwell among them.

16 Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient.

17 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.

18 Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.

19 Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Lamentations 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As 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. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17As 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17As 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17While we exist — consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation that saveth not.