Lamentations 4:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Lamentations 4:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 4:18 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 4:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Lamentations 4:18 — World English Bible

Lamentations 4:18 ASV — 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.”

Lamentations 4:18 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 4:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Lamentations 4:18 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 4:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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.”

Lamentations 4:18 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 4:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They hunt our steppes that we cannot goe in our streetes: our ende is neere, our dayes are fulfilled, for our ende is come.”

Lamentations 4:18 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 4:18 in Context — Lamentations 4

16 L’Éternel les a dispersés dans sa colère, Il ne tourne plus les regards vers eux; On n’a eu ni respect pour les sacrificateurs, Ni pitié pour les vieillards.

17 Nos yeux se consumaient encore, Et nous attendions vainement du secours; Nos regards se portaient avec espérance Vers une nation qui ne nous a pas délivrés.

18 On épiait nos pas, Pour nous empêcher d’aller sur nos places; Notre fin s’approchait, nos jours étaient accomplis… Notre fin est arrivée!

19 Nos persécuteurs étaient plus légers Que les aigles du ciel; Ils nous ont poursuivis sur les montagnes, Ils nous ont dressé des embûches dans le désert.

20 Celui qui nous faisait respirer, l’oint de l’Éternel, A été pris dans leurs fosses, Lui de qui nous disions: Nous vivrons sous son ombre parmi les nations.

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What Does Lamentations 4:18 Mean?

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