Lamentations 4:19 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they chased us hotly upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
World English Bible (WEB)
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned `after' us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
| Our persecutors | קַלִּ֤ים | qallîm | ka-LEEM |
| are | הָיוּ֙ | hāyû | ha-YOO |
| swifter | רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּ | rōdĕpênû | roh-deh-FAY-noo |
| than the eagles | מִנִּשְׁרֵ֖י | minnišrê | mee-neesh-RAY |
| of the heaven: | שָׁמָ֑יִם | šāmāyim | sha-MA-yeem |
| they pursued | עַל | ʿal | al |
| us upon | הֶהָרִ֣ים | hehārîm | heh-ha-REEM |
| the mountains, | דְּלָקֻ֔נוּ | dĕlāqunû | deh-la-KOO-noo |
| they laid wait | בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר | bammidbār | ba-meed-BAHR |
| for us in the wilderness. | אָ֥רְבוּ | ʾārĕbû | AH-reh-voo |
| לָֽנוּ׃ | lānû | la-NOO |