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Jeremiah 9:1

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†Oh athat my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears,

That I might weep day and night for the slain of bthe daughter of my people!

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. Who will give my head, &c. Heb. as Deut. 5:29, &c.
  2. aSo Ps. 119:136. Isai. 22:4. ch. 4:19. & 13:17. & 14:17. ver. 18. Lam. 1:2, 16. & 2:11, 18. & 3:48.

Cross references

  1. bIsai. 22:4. ch. 8:19, 21, 22. & 14:17. ver. 7. Lam. 2:11. & 3:48.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Oh that my head were waters,

and my eyes a fountain of tears,

that I might weep day and night

for the slain of the daughter of my people!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Oh, that my head were a spring of water

and my eyes a fountain of tears!

I would weep day and night

for the slain of my people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If my head were a flowing spring,

my eyes a fountain of tears,

I would weep day and night

over the slain of my dear people.

NLTNew Living Translation

 If only my head were a pool of water

and my eyes a fountain of tears,

I would weep day and night

for all my people who have been slaughtered.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Oh that my head were waters,

and my eyes a fountain of tears,

so that I might weep day and night,

for the slain of the daughter of my people.