King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.
Complete Jewish Bible:
This is why our hearts are sick; this is why our eyes grow dim -
Berean Standard Bible:
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
American Standard Version:
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
For this our heart{H3820} is faint{H1739}; for these things our eyes{H5869} are dim{H2821}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Isaiah 1:5
- Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Psalms 6:7
- Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Lamentations 2:11
- Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Job 17:7
- Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.
Isaiah 38:14
- Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Micah 6:13
- Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee, in making [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
Psalms 69:3
- I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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Commentary for Lamentations 5:17
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3820
There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לֵב
Transliteration: lêb
Pronunciation: labe
Description: a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom. - Strong's Number: H1739
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דָּוֶה
Transliteration: dâveh
Pronunciation: daw-veh'
Description: from דָּוָה; sick (especially in menstruation); faint, menstruous cloth, she that is sick, having sickness. - Strong's Number: H5869
There are 830 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַיִן
Transliteration: ʻayin
Pronunciation: ah'-yin
Description: probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves). - Strong's Number: H2821
There are 18 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָשַׁךְ
Transliteration: châshak
Pronunciation: khaw-shak'
Description: a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken; be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.