Jeremiah 9:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

KJV

And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

WEB

Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.

ASV

and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

LSV

And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, || And waters flow from our eyelids.

YLT

And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.

DBY

and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.

DRC

Let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down with waters.

GNV

And let them make haste, and let them take vp a lamentation for vs, that our eyes may cast out teares and our eye liddes gush out of water.

JPS9:17

And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

LXXE9:17

and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.

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WLC9:17

וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה עָלֵ֖ינוּ נֶ֑הִי וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה עֵינֵ֨ינוּ֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃KJV:Jer.9.18

LXX-Br9:17

καὶ λαβέτωσαν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς θρῆνον, καὶ καταγαγέτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν δάκρυα, καὶ τὰ βλέφαρα ὑμῶν ῥείτω ὕδωρ,

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• Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
• Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
• Jeremiah 9:20Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
• Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
• Lamentations 2:18The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
• Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and…
• Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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