Lamentations 4:19 Hebrew Word Analysis
| 0 | are swifter | קַלִּ֤ים | h7031 |
| 1 | | הָיוּ֙ | h1961 |
| 2 | Our persecutors | רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּ | h7291 |
| 3 | than the eagles | מִנִּשְׁרֵ֖י | h5404 |
| 4 | of the heaven | שָׁמָ֑יִם | h8064 |
| 5 | | עַל | h5921 |
| 6 | us upon the mountains | הֶהָרִ֣ים | h2022 |
| 7 | they pursued | דְּלָקֻ֔נוּ | h1814 |
| 8 | for us in the wilderness | בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר | h4057 |
| 9 | they laid wait | אָ֥רְבוּ | h693 |
| 10 | | לָֽנוּ׃ | h0 |
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.