Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.
New American Standard Bible
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
King James Version
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Holman Bible
because of the destruction of my dear people.
International Standard Version
My eyes run with rivers of tears over the destruction of my cherished people.
A Conservative Version
My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
American Standard Version
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Amplified
My eyes overflow with streams of tears
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
Bible in Basic English
Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Darby Translation
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
Julia Smith Translation
Mine eye will bring down streams of water for the breaking of the daughter of my people.
King James 2000
My eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Channels of water run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Modern King James verseion
Streams of water run down my eye for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whole rivers of water gush out of mine eyes, for the great hurt of my people.
New Heart English Bible
Streams of tears run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
The Emphasized Bible
With streams of water, mine eye runneth down, over the grievous injury of the daughter of my people.
Webster
My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
World English Bible
My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Youngs Literal Translation
Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Interlinear
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Yarad
References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:48
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction. 48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. 49 (Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break
Names
Cross References
Lamentations 2:11
(Kaf) My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares.
Psalm 119:136
Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.
Jeremiah 9:1
I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
Jeremiah 9:18
I said, "Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord's flock, will be carried into exile."
Lamentations 1:16
(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
Lamentations 2:18
(Tsade) Cry out from your heart to the Lord, O wall of Daughter Zion! Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! Do not rest; do not let your tears stop!
Jeremiah 4:19
I said, "Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!
Romans 9:1-3
I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit --