Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the
King James Version
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Holman Bible
my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear
International Standard Version
"Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, for then I would cry day and night for those of my people who have been killed.
A Conservative Version
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
American Standard Version
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Amplified
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Bible in Basic English
If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
Darby Translation
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Julia Smith Translation
Who will give my head waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears? and I will weep day and night for the wounded of the daughter of my people.
King James 2000
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Oh that my head were waters}, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night, [for] the slain of the daughter of my people.
Modern King James verseion
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O Who will give my head water enough, and a well of tears for mine eyes, that I may weep night and day for the slaughter of my people?
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, - That I might weep day and night, For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Webster
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
World English Bible
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Youngs Literal Translation
Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
Themes
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Judgments » Saints » Sympathize with those under
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Mayim
`ayin
Bakah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 9:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament Over Judah
1
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the
A wayfarers’ lodging place;
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are
An assembly of
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:17
My soul will
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the
Isaiah 22:4
Let me
Do not
Jeremiah 6:26
And
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.
Jeremiah 8:21-22
I
Lamentations 2:11
My
My
When
In the streets of the city.
Psalm 42:3
While they
Psalm 119:136
Because they
Isaiah 16:9
I will drench you with my tears, O
For the shouting over your
Jeremiah 4:19
My
I cannot be silent,
Because
The
The alarm of war.
Jeremiah 14:17
‘
And let them not cease;
For the virgin
With a sorely
Lamentations 2:18-19
“O
Let your
Give yourself no relief,
Let
Lamentations 3:48-49
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 21:6-7
As for you, son of man, groan with breaking