Verse Comparison: Lamentations 4:17
American Standard Version
Our eyes do yet fail `in looking' for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Amplified® Bible
As for us, our eyes yet failed {and} wasted away in looking for our worthless help. In our watching [on our watchtower] we have watched {and} waited expectantly for a nation [Egypt or some other one to come to our rescue] that could not save us.
Contemporary English Version
Our eyes became weary, hopelessly looking for help from a nation that could not save us.
Darby English Version
Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.
Good News Bible
For help that never came, we looked until we could look no longer. We kept waiting for help from a nation that had none to give.
King 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.
New American Standard Bible
Yet our eyes failed, {Looking} for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.
New International Version
Moreover, our eyes failed,
looking in vain for help;
from our towers we watched
for a nation that could not save us.
New King James Version
Still our eyes failed us,
Watching vainly for our help;
In our watching we watched
For a nation that could not save us.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help proved useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.
Revised Standard Version
Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
Young's Literal Translation
While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation `that' saveth not.