Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.
New American Standard Bible
Because of these things our
King James Version
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Holman Bible
because of these, our eyes grow dim:
International Standard Version
This is why our hearts faint, and why our eyes grow dim:
A Conservative Version
For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim,
American Standard Version
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
Amplified
Because of this our heart is faint,
Because of these things our eyes are dim.
Bible in Basic English
Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;
Darby Translation
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
Julia Smith Translation
For this our heart was languid; for this our eyes were darkened.
King James 2000
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because of this, our heart has become faint, because of these, our eyes have become dim.
Modern King James verseion
Our heart is faint for this; our eyes are dim for these things.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore our heart is full of heaviness, and our eyes dim:
New Heart English Bible
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes grow dim.
The Emphasized Bible
For this cause, faint is our heart, For these things, dimmed are our eyes:
Webster
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
World English Bible
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
Youngs Literal Translation
For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
Interlinear
Leb
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! 17 Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears. 18 For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.
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.
Job 17:7
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Psalm 6:7
My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
Leviticus 26:36
"'As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.
Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the Lord will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.
Psalm 31:9
Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
Psalm 69:3
I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!
Jeremiah 8:18
Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
Jeremiah 46:5
What do I see?" says the Lord. "The soldiers are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; they desert quickly without looking back.
Lamentations 1:13
(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper's net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
Lamentations 1:22
(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.
Ezekiel 21:7
When they ask you, 'Why are you groaning?' you will reply, 'Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.' Pay attention -- it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord."
Ezekiel 21:15
So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!
Micah 6:13
I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.