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Lamentations 4:17

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17Moreover, our eyes failed,

looking in vaind for help;e

from our towers we watched

for a nationf that could not save us.

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  1. dSee Ge 15:18; See Isa 20:5; Eze 29:16
  2. eSee La 1:7
  3. fJer 37:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Our eyes failed, ever watching

vainly for help;

in our watching we watched

for a nation which could not save.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

We looked in vain for our allies

to come and save us,

but we were looking to nations

that could not help us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Still our eyes failed,

looking for our help in vain;

in our watchtower, we kept watch

for a nation that could not save.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.