Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness.
New American Standard Bible
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
King James Version
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Holman Bible
ק Qof
than eagles in the sky;
they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains
and ambushed us in the wilderness.
A Conservative Version
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens. They chased us upon the mountains. They laid wait for us in the wilderness.
American Standard Version
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Amplified
Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They pursued us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
Bible in Basic English
Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.
Darby Translation
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Julia Smith Translation
They pursuing us were swift above the eagle of the heavens: they burned after us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the desert
King James 2000
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Our pursuers were swifter than [the] eagles of [the] heavens; they chased us on the mountains, they have set an ambush for us in the desert.
Modern King James verseion
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Kuf} Our persecutors are swifter than the Eagles of the air, they followed upon us over the mountains, and laid wait for us in the wilderness.
NET Bible
(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.
New Heart English Bible
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
The Emphasized Bible
Swifter are our pursuers, than the eagles of the heavens, - Over the mountains, have they come hotly after us, In the wilderness, have they lain in wait for us.
Webster
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
World English Bible
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned after us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
Themes
Deserts » Infested with robbers
Eagles » Illustrative » (swiftness of,) of the swiftness of hostile armies
Interlinear
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Dalaq
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 4:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People Of Zion Speak Out
18 Our steps were closely stalked, so we couldn't travel on our own streets. Our end is near, our days are over; indeed, our end has come. 19 Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness. 20 The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."
Cross References
Isaiah 5:26-28
The LORD will signal for nations far away, whistling for them to come from the ends of the earth. Look how quickly and how swiftly they come!
Jeremiah 4:13
Look, he comes up like clouds, and his chariots are like a whirlwind. His horses are as swift as eagles. Woe to us we're destroyed!
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses are swifter than leopards, and more cunning than wolves that attack at night. Their horsemen are galloping as they approach from far away. They swoop in like ravenous vultures.
Deuteronomy 28:49
"The LORD will raise a distant nation against you from the other side of the earth. Swooping down like a vulture,
Isaiah 30:16-17
Instead, you said, "No! We'll escape on horses!' Therefore, you'll flee away. And you said, "We'll ride off on swift steeds!' Therefore your pursuers will be swift.
Hosea 8:1
"Sound the ram's horn! Like a vulture the enemy will come against the Temple of the LORD, because Israel violated my covenant, transgressing my Law.
Amos 2:14
So the swift runner will not escape, the valiant will not fortify his strength, and the mighty warrior will not save his life.
Amos 9:1-3
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar as he was saying, "Strike the doorposts so that the thresholds tremble, bringing them down on the heads of all of them. Those who survive I will kill with the sword. Those who flee will not escape. There will be no deliverance for the fugitives.
Matthew 24:27-28
because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.