18Men stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.


In Context

15 "Go away! You are unclean!" men cry to them. "Away! Away! Don't touch us!" When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, "They can stay here no longer."

16 The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor.

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

18 Men stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.

19 Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.

20 The Lord 's anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their traps. We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.

Lamentations 4:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:18They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:18They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.