Verse 17

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  På grunn av dette er våre hjerter fylt med fortvilelse; våre øyne er blitt mørklagt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor er vårt hjerte svakt; av disse ting er våre øyne uklare.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor er hjertet vårt svakt; for disse tingene er øynene våre dimmet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor er hjertet vårt svakt, våre øyne er blitt mørke,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For dette er vårt hjerte tungt, våre øyne er blitt formørket.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor er vårt hjerte svakt, øynene våre tåkes av sorg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor er vårt hjerte svakt, og våre øyne har mistet sin glans.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Derfor er vårt hjerte svakt, øynene våre tåkes av sorg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vår sorgs skyld har gjort våre hjerter syke og øynene mørke.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Because of this, our hearts are faint, and our eyes grow dim with tears.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Lamentations.5.17", "source": "עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃", "text": "For-*zeh* *hāyâ* *ḏāweh* *libbēnû*, for-*ʾēlleh* *ḥāšəḵû* *ʿênênû*", "grammar": { "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - this", "*hāyâ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it has become", "*ḏāweh*": "adjective masculine singular - faint/sick", "*libbēnû*": "noun masculine singular construct with 1st person plural suffix - our heart", "*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun plural - these", "*ḥāšəḵû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have grown dim", "*ʿênênû*": "noun feminine dual construct with 1st person plural suffix - our eyes" }, "variants": { "*ḏāweh*": "faint/sick/ill", "*libbēnû*": "our heart/mind/inner being", "*ḥāšəḵû*": "they have grown dim/darkened/become dim", "*ʿênênû*": "our eyes (dimming eyes signifies grief or weakness)" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For dette er vårt hjerte blitt sykt, for disse ting er våre øyne blitt svake.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor er vort Hjerte svagt, derfor ere vore Øine formørkede,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For dette er vårt hjerte blitt svakt; våre øyne er blitt matte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vårt hjerte er svakt av dette; våre øyne er dimmet av disse tingene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Derfor er vårt hjerte sykt, derfor er våre øyne mørke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Av denne grunn er vårt hjerte tomt; på grunn av dette er våre øyne tåkete;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Derfor er våre hjerter trette; for disse ting er våre øyne dunkle.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore oure hert is full of heuynesse, & oure eyes dymme:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore our heart is heauy for these things, our eyes are dimme,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therefore our heart is full of heauinesse, and our eyes dimme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For this our heart is faint; for these [things] our eyes are dim.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Lam 2:11 : 11 My eyes fail with tears, my heart is troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
• Job 17:7 : 7 My eye also is dim because of sorrow, and all my members are like a shadow.
• Ps 6:7 : 7 My eye is consumed because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies.
• Ps 31:9 : 9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.
• Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
• Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
• Jer 8:18 : 18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
• Jer 46:5 : 5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? Their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled quickly, and do not look back: for fear is all around, says the LORD.
• Lam 1:13 : 13 From above he has sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate and faint all the day.
• Lam 1:22 : 22 Let all their wickedness come before you; and do unto them, as you have done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
• Ezek 21:7 : 7 And it shall be, when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall answer, For the tidings; because it comes: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be as weak as water: behold, it comes, and shall be brought to pass, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 21:15 : 15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
• Mic 6:13 : 13 Therefore I will make you sick by striking you, making you desolate because of your sins.
• Lev 26:36 : 36 And upon those who are left alive of you I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one flees from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.
• Deut 28:65 : 65 And among these nations shall you find no ease, neither shall the sole of your foot have rest: but the LORD shall give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: