Lamentations 3:48

In 11 translations

BSB

Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJV

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

WEB

My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

ASV

Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

LSV

Streams of water go down my eye, || For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

YLT

Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

DBY

Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

DRC

Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

GNV

Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

JPS

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.

LXXE

Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֨יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Romans 9:1–3I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit. I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ…
• Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
• Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
• 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 1:16For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

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