King James Version

Lamentations 3:18

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

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וָאֹמַר֙vaomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אָבַ֣דavaddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.נִצְחִ֔יnitschialwayנֶצַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “alway”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5331properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)alway(-s), constantly, end, ([phrase] n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖יvetochaltiand hopeתּוֹחֶלֶתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and hope”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8431expectationhope.מֵיְהוָֽהmeyehvahfrom Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.

World English Bible

I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”

Darby Translation

And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπώλετο νῖκός μου, καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου.