Lamentations 3:48 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Lamentations 3:48 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:48 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 3:48 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Lamentations 3:48 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:48 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. ”

Lamentations 3:48 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:48 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Lamentations 3:48 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:48 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.”

Lamentations 3:48 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:48 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Lamentations 3:48 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:48 in Context — Lamentations 3

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

50 Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

Read the full chapter: Lamentations 3 — Whatever Is Gain I Count as Loss for Christ →

What Does Lamentations 3:48 Mean?

Lamentations 3:48 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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