Lamentations 5:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Lamentations 5:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 5:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 5:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Lamentations 5:17 — World English Bible

Lamentations 5:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Lamentations 5:17 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 5:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Lamentations 5:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 5:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Lamentations 5:17 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 5:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

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

Lamentations 5:17 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 5:17 in Context — Lamentations 5

15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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

18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.

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What Does Lamentations 5:17 Mean?

Lamentations 5:17 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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