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Lamentations 4:17

English Standard Version

17 Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.

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American Standard Version

Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Christian Standard Bible

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help; we watched from our towers for a nation that would not save us.

King James Version

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 .

New American Standard Bible

Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; At our observation point we have watched For a nation that could not save.

New International Version

Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

New King James Version

Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.

New Living Translation

We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could not help us.

World English Bible

Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.