Lamentations 5:17 “Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow…”

Lamentations 5:17

Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

World English Bible

For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:

American Standard Version

For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,

Darby Translation

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,

Young's Literal Translation

For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

Bible in Basic English

Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

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Cross references

“our heart”

Isaiah 1:5 Lamentations 1:13 Lamentations 1:22 Leviticus 26:36 Jeremiah 8:18 Jeremiah 46:5

Isaiah 1:5 · BSB

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Lamentations 1:13 · BSB

He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

Lamentations 1:22 · BSB

Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

Leviticus 26:36 · BSB

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and…

Jeremiah 8:18 · BSB

My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

Jeremiah 46:5 · BSB

Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

“our eyes”

Psalm 6:7 Lamentations 2:11 Job 17:7 Isaiah 38:14 Deuteronomy 28:65 Psalm 31:9

Psalm 6:7 · BSB

My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

Lamentations 2:11 · BSB

My 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.

Job 17:7 · BSB

My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

Isaiah 38:14 · BSB

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Deuteronomy 28:65 · BSB

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Psalm 31:9 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

18because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

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