What does Lamentations 4:17 mean?
ESV: Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
NIV: Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.
NASB: Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; At our observation point we have watched For a nation that could not save.
CSB: All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help; we watched from our towers for a nation that would not save us.
NLT: We looked in vain for our allies to come and save us, but we were looking to nations that could not help us.
KJV: 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.
NKJV: Still our eyes failed us, Watching vainly for our help; In our watching we watched For a nation that could not save us.
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