Lamentations 4:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.”
Lamentations 4:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 4:19 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Lamentations 4:19 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Lamentations 4:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky. They chased us on the mountains. They set an ambush for us in the wilderness.”
Lamentations 4:19 — World English Bible
Lamentations 4:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. ”
Lamentations 4:19 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 4:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned <FI>after<Fi> us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.”
Lamentations 4:19 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 4:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. ”
Lamentations 4:19 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 4:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Our persecuters are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, and layed waite for vs in the wildernes.”
Lamentations 4:19 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 4:19 in Context — Lamentations 4
17 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.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
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What Does Lamentations 4:19 Mean?
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