Lamentations 1:16
Lamentations 1:16 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 “This is why I weep
and my eyes overflow with tears.
No one is near to comfort me,
no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
because the enemy has prevailed.”
Lamentations 1:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water,
Because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me:
My children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 “For all these things I weep;
tears flow down my cheeks.
No one is here to comfort me;
any who might encourage me are far away.
My children have no future,
for the enemy has conquered us.”
Lamentations 1:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 “For these things I weep;
My eye, my eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life,
Is far from me.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy prevailed.”
Lamentations 1:16 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 “I cry about these things;
my eyes overflow with tears.
There is no one near to comfort me,
no one who can give me strength again.
My children are left sad and lonely,
because the enemy has won.”
Lamentations 1:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water;
Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me:
My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water: for the comforter that should revive my soul is far from me; my children are desolate, for the enemy hath prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 I’m crying because of ⸤all⸥ these things.
My eyes—my eyes flow with tears.
No one can give me the comfort I need to keep me alive.
Everyone is too far away from me.
My children are devastated because my enemies have won.”
Lamentations 1:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes flow with tears.
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,
no one to keep me alive.
My children are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 For these things I weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for a comforter is far from me,
one to revive my courage;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 For these things, I am weeping,
my eyes flow with tears;
because a comforter is far from me,
one to restore my life.
My sons are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.
Lamentations 1:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 “That’s why we are sobbing.
Tears are flowing from our eyes.
No one is near to comfort us.
No one can heal our spirits.
Our children don’t have anything.
Our enemies are much too strong for us.”
Lamentations 1:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 “For these things I weep;
My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”