Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 9:18
American Standard Version
and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Amplified® Bible
Let them make haste and raise a wailing over us {and} for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush with water.
Contemporary English Version
The people answered, "Let them come quickly and cry for us, until our own eyes are flooded with tears.
Darby English Version
and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.
Good News Bible
The people said, "Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us, until our eyes fill with tears, and our eyelids are wet from crying."
King James Version
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
New American Standard Bible
"Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.
New International Version
Let them come quickly
and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
and water streams from our eyelids.
New King James Version
Let them make haste
And take up a wailing for us,
That our eyes may run with tears,
And our eyelids gush with water.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.
Revised Standard Version
let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush with water.
Young's Literal Translation
And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.