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Lamentations 3:51

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3:51What my eyes see106 grieves me107—

all the suffering of the daughters in my city.108

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Footnotes

  1. 106 Heb “my eye causes grief to my soul.” The term “eye” is a metonymy of association, standing for that which one sees with the eyes.
  2. 107 Heb “my soul.” The term נַפְשִׁי (nafshi, “my soul”) is a synecdoche of part (= my soul) for the whole person (= me).
  3. 108 Heb “at the sight of all the daughters of my city.” It is understood that seeing the plight of the women, not simply seeing the women, is what is so grievous. To make this clear, “suffering” was supplied in the translation.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

my eyes cause me grief

at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

What I see brings grief to my soul

because of all the women of my city.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My eyes bring me grief

because of the fate of all the women in my city.

NLTNew Living Translation

My heart is breaking

over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My eyes inflict my soul

because of all the daughters of my city.

KJV 1900King James Version

Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.