New International Version (NIV)
11My eyes fail from weeping,
I am in torment within;
my heart is poured out on the ground
because my people are destroyed,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:11
Lamentations 2:11 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
11My eyes fail because of tears,
My 2:11 Lit inward parts are in fermentspirit is greatly troubled;
My 2:11 Lit liverheart is poured out on the earth
Because of the 2:11 Lit breakingdestruction of the daughter of my people,
When little ones and infants languish
In the streets of the city.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
11My eyes fail because of tears,
My spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is poured out on the earth
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
When little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
11My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah],
My spirit is deeply disturbed;
My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief]
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem],
When little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
11My eyes fail from weeping;
I am churning within.
My heart is poured out in grief
over the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
11I’ve cried so much I can’t see very well.
I’m suffering deep down inside.
My heart is broken
because my people are destroyed.
Children and babies are fainting
in the streets of the city.