Lamentations 2:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.”
Lamentations 2:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 2:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 2:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest.”
Lamentations 2:18 — World English Bible
Lamentations 2:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Their heart cried unto the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye cease. ”
Lamentations 2:18 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 2:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Cried hath their heart unto the Lord; O wall of the daughter of Zion, Cause to go down as a stream tears daily and nightly, Give not rest to thyself, Let not the daughter of thine eye stand still.”
Lamentations 2:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 2:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Their heart cried unto the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye rest. ”
Lamentations 2:18 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 2:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Their heart cryed vnto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let teares runne downe like a riuer, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.”
Lamentations 2:18 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 2:18 in Context — Lamentations 2
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17 The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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What Does Lamentations 2:18 Mean?
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