Lamentations 4:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Young's Literal Translation
While we exist—consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.

King James Bible
As 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].

Hebrew
All the while
עוֹדֵ֙ינוּ֙ (‘ō·w·ḏê·nū)
Adverb | first person common plural
Strong's 5751: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

our eyes
עֵינֵ֔ינוּ (‘ê·nê·nū)
Noun - cdc | first person common plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

were failing
תִּכְלֶ֣ינָה (tiḵ·le·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

as we looked in vain
הָ֑בֶל (hā·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

help.
עֶזְרָתֵ֖נוּ (‘ez·rā·ṯê·nū)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 5833: Help, helper, assistance

We watched
בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּ (bə·ṣip·pî·yā·ṯê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

from our towers
צִפִּ֔ינוּ (ṣip·pî·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

a nation
גּ֖וֹי (gō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

[that] could not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

save us.
יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ (yō·wō·ši·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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