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


In Context

15 Turn aside — unclean,' they called to them, 'Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled — yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: 'They do not add to sojourn.'

16 The face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.

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

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

19 Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned after us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.

20 The breath of our nostrils — the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: 'In his shadow we do live among 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:18Men 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.

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.