Lamentations 4:17

Lamentations 4:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17Moreover, our eyes failed,

looking in vain for help;

from our towers we watched

for a nation that could not save us.

17Yet our eyes failed,

Looking for 4:17 Lit our helphelp was useless;

At our observation point we have watched

For a nation that could not save.

17Yet our eyes failed,

Looking for help was useless;

In our watching we have watched

For a nation that could not save.

17[And as for us,] yet our eyes failed,

Looking in vain for help.

Watching [from the towers] we watched

For a nation that could not save. [Ezek 29:16]

17All the while our eyes were failing

as we looked in vain for help.

We watched from our towers

for a nation that could not save us.

17And that’s not all. Our eyes grew tired.

We looked for help that never came.

We watched from our towers.

We kept looking for a nation that couldn’t save us.