King James Version

Lamentations 3:48

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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פַּלְגֵיpalgeriverפֶּלֶגnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “river”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6388a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation)river, stream.מַ֨יִם֙mayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).תֵּרַ֣דteradbring downיָרַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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…עֵינִ֔יeynieye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “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…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…שֶׁ֖בֶרsheverafflictionשֶׁבֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “affliction”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.בַּתbatdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.עַמִּֽיamipeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Young’s Literal Translation

Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

World English Bible

My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Darby Translation

Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

Douay-Rheims

Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων κατάξει ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ λαοῦ μου.