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Lamentations 4:18

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

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צָד֣וּtsadvchaseצוּדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “chase”, a completed actionH6679to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).צְעָדֵ֔ינוּtseadeynvpaceצַעַדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “pace”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6806a pace or regular steppace, step.מִלֶּ֖כֶתmilekhetfrom carryיָלַךְpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “from carry”, the to-form of the verbH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…בִּרְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּbirchovoteynvin broad placeרְחֹבpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “in broad place”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7339a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or areabroad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).קָרַ֥בqaravapproachקָרַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “approach”, a completed actionH7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose(cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.קִצֵּ֛ינוּqitseynvborderקֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7093an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after[phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.מָלְא֥וּmalevbe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…יָמֵ֖ינוּyameynvas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…בָ֥אvato comeבּוֹאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…קִצֵּֽינוּqitseynvborderקֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7093an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after[phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our broad places; our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

Young’s Literal Translation

They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.

World English Bible

They hunt our steps, so that we can’t go in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.

Darby Translation

They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

Douay-Rheims

Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our broad places; our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

We have hunted for our little ones, that they should not walk in our streets. Koph. Our time has drawn nigh, our days are fulfilled, our time is come.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΤΣΑΔΗ. Ἀπεσκοπεύσαμεν εἰς ἔθνος οὐ σῶζον, ἐθηρεύσαμεν μικροὺς ἡμῶν, τοῦ μὴ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις ἡμῶν.