Jeremiah 9:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!”
Jeremiah 9:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 9:1 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 9:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!”
Jeremiah 9:1 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 9:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! ”
Jeremiah 9:1 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 9:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.”
Jeremiah 9:1 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 9:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! ”
Jeremiah 9:1 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 9:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Oh, that mine head were full of water and mine eyes a fountaine of teares, that I might weepe day and night for the slayne of the daughter of my people.”
Jeremiah 9:1 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 9:1 in Context — Jeremiah 9
1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
What Does Jeremiah 9:1 Mean?
Jeremiah 9:1 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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