Lamentations 4:17
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAs for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
— Lamentations 4:17, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
While we exist--consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation <FI>that<Fi> saveth not.