Jeremiah 14:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You are to speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day without ceasing, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a great shattering—a crushing blow, a grievous wound.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Therefore, you shall speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.'

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt say{H559} this word{H1697} unto them, Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day,{H3119} and let them not cease;{H1820} for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665} with a great{H1419} breach,{H7667} with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470} wound.{H4347}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} this word{H1697} unto them; Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381}{(H8799)} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day{H3119}, and let them not cease{H1820}{(H8799)}: for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665}{(H8738)} with a great{H1419} breach{H7667}, with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470}{(H8737)} blow{H4347}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    This shalt thou saye also vnto them: Myne eyes shal wepe without ceassinge daye & night. For my people shalbe dtstroyed with greate harme, and shall perish with a greate plage.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore thou shalt say this worde vnto them, Let mine eyes drop downe teares night & day without ceasing: for the virgine daughter of my people is destroyed with a great destruction, and with a sore grieuous plague.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    This shalt thou say also vnto them, Mine eyes shall weepe without ceassyng day and nyght: for my people shalbe destroyed with great harme, and shall perishe with a great plague.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, `with' a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Lament over Present Destruction and Threat of More to Come“Tell these people this, Jeremiah:‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:21 : 21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
  • Jer 9:1 : 1 If only I had a place to stay in the wilderness, a travelers' shelter, so that I might leave my people and go away from them. For they are all adulterers, a gathering of traitors.
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  • Lam 1:15-16 : 15 The Lord has rejected all my mighty men in my midst; he summoned an assembly against me to crush my young men. Like in a winepress, the Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah. 16 "Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."
  • Lam 2:13 : 13 What can I say on your behalf? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your wound is as vast as the sea—who can heal you?
  • Lam 2:18 : 18 Their heart cried out to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your tears flow like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, and let your eyes have no respite.
  • Mic 6:13 : 13 Therefore, I have begun to strike you and make you desolate because of your sins.
  • Jer 10:19 : 19 Woe to me because of my brokenness! My wound is incurable. Yet I said, 'This is my suffering, and I must endure it.'
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because people do not keep Your law.
  • Isa 37:22 : 22 this is the word the LORD has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises and mocks you. The Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head as you flee.
  • Jer 8:18 : 18 My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
  • Ps 39:10 : 10 I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.
  • Ps 80:4-5 : 4 God, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved. 5 LORD God of Hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
  • Jer 30:14-15 : 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you. I have struck you as an enemy would, with cruel punishment, because of the greatness of your guilt and the many sins you have committed. 15 Why do you cry out over your injury? Your pain is incurable. Because of your great guilt and many sins, I have done these things to you.
  • Lam 3:48-49 : 48 Streams of water run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 My eyes pour without ceasing, without relief,
  • Amos 5:2 : 2 She has fallen, never to rise again—the virgin Israel; she is deserted on her land, with no one to lift her up.

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    48 Streams of water run down from my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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