Lamentations 4:17

All 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.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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.

KJV · King James Version

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

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

our eyes: Lamentations 1:19; 2 Kings 24:7; Isaiah 20:5; Isaiah 30:1–7; Isaiah 31:1–3; Jeremiah 2:18, 36; Jeremiah 8:20; Jeremiah 37:7–10; Ezekiel 29:6, 7, 16