17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.


In Context

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

15 The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!

17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

Lamentations 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Therefore is our heart sorrowful, therefore are our eyes become dim,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.