Lamentations 4:17 - Revised Version 1885 Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help; in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for us, our eyes as yet failed For our vain help: In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for us, our eyes yet failed and wasted away in looking for our worthless help. In our watching [on our watchtower] we have watched and waited expectantly for a nation [Egypt or some other one to come to our rescue] that could not save us. [Ezek. 29:16.] American Standard Version (1901) Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save. Common English Bible Our eyes continually failed, looking for some help, but for nothing. From our watchtower we watched for a nation that doesn’t save. Catholic Public Domain Version AIN. While we were still standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively toward a nation that was not able to save. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save. |