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Jeremiah 9:18

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.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Jeremiah 9:17.

וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָהutemaherenahand be carried headlongמָהַרconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and be carried headlong”, an unfinished actionH4116properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptlybe carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swi…וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָהvetisenahand lift upנָשָׂאconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…עָלֵ֖ינוּaleynvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נֶ֑הִיnehilamentationנְהִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lamentation”, the ordinary formH5092an elegylamentation, wailing.וְתֵרַ֤דְנָהveteradnahand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and bring down”, an unfinished actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…עֵינֵ֨ינוּ֙eyneynveye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an 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…דִּמְעָ֔הdimahtearsדִּמְעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “tears”, the ordinary formH1832weepingtears.וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּveafapeynvand dawningעַפְעַףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and dawning”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6079an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively, morning raydawning, eye-lid.יִזְּלוּyizlvdistilנָזַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “distil”, an unfinished actionH5140to drip, or shed by tricklingdistil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.מָֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-17) 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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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.

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

Let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down with waters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-17) 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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ λαβέτωσαν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς θρῆνον, καὶ καταγαγέτωσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν δάκρυα, καὶ τὰ βλέφαρα ὑμῶν ῥείτω ὕδωρ,