Lamentations 3:49
47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.
48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
- KJV
- Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
- WEB
- My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
- ASV
- Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
- DARBY
- Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
- BLB
- My eye pours forth, and it does not cease—without numbing—
- ÅB
- Mitt øye rinner og har ikke ro, det får ingen hvile,
- OTB
- Mine øyne vil flyte uopphørlig, uten pause,
- B1930
- Mitt øie rinner og har ikke ro, det får ingen hvile,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 14:17
You 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.
Read in contextPsalms 77:2
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Read in contextLamentations 1:16
For 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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