Lamentations 5:17

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

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

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
KJV
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
WEB
For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:
ASV
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
DARBY
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
BLB
Upon thus our heart has become faint; for these our eyes grow dim.
ÅB
Derfor er vårt hjerte sykt, derfor er våre øyne blitt dimme,
OTB
Av denne grunn er våre hjerter svake; og på grunn av disse hendelsene blir våre øyne svake;
B1930
Derfor er vårt hjerte sykt, derfor er våre øine blitt dimme,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 6:7

    Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

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  • Isaiah 1:5

    Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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  • Lamentations 2:11

    Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

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  • Job 17:7

    Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

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  • Isaiah 38:14

    Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

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  • Ezekiel 21:7

    And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Jeremiah 46:5

    Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

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  • Micah 6:13

    Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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