Jeremiah 9:1
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9:1 (8:23)1 I wish that my head were a well full of water2
and my eyes were a fountain full of tears!
If they were, I could cry day and night
for those of my dear people3 who have been killed.
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- 1 Beginning with 9:1, the verse numbers through 9:26 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (), with 9:1 = 8:23 , 9:2 = 9:1 , 9:3 = 9:2 , etc., through 9:26 = 9:25 . Beginning with 10:1 the verse numbers in the and are again the same.
- 2 Heb “I wish that my head were water.”
- 3 Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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