King James Version

Lamentations 3:49

Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

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עֵינִ֧יeynieye , , -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…נִגְּרָ֛הnigrahflow awayנָגַרverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “flow away”, a completed actionH5064to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver overfall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.וְלֹ֥אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תִדְמֶ֖הtidmehbe cut downדָּמָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be cut down”, an unfinished actionH1820to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroycease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, [idiom] utterly.מֵאֵ֥יןmeeynfrom elseאַיִןpreposition, particle, negative — “from else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).הֲפֻגֽוֹתhafugotintermissionהֲפֻגָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “intermission”, the ordinary formH2014relaxationintermission.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Young’s Literal Translation

Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,

World English Bible

My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,

Darby Translation

Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Douay-Rheims

Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Phe. Mine eye is drowned with tears , and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΦΗ. Ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου κατεπόθη, καὶ οὐ σιγήσομαι τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἔκνηψιν,