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Lamentations 4:18
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KJ21
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets; our end is near, our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
ASV
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.
AMP
The enemy hunted our steps, So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
AMPC
[The missiles of the enemy] dog our steps, so that we cannot go into our streets; our end is near, our days are fulfilled—yes, our end has come.
BRG
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
CSB
Our steps were closely followed so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end approached; our time ran out. Our end had come!
CSBA
Our steps were closely followed so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end approached; our time ran out. Our end had come!
CEB
Our steps were tracked; we could no longer walk in our streets. Our end had drawn near; our days were done—our end had definitely come.
CJB
They keep dogging our steps, so that we can’t go out in our streets. Our end is near, our time is up; yes, our end has come.
CEV
Enemies hunted us down on every public street. Our time was up; our doom was near.
DARBY
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.
DRA
Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.
ERV
Our enemies hunted us all the time. We could not even go out into the streets. Our end came near. Our time was up. Our end came!
EASY
Enemies ran after us, so that we could not go into the streets any longer. We knew that we would die soon. We could not live like this any longer.
EHV
They hunted our steps, preventing us from going into the public squares of our city. Our end has drawn near. Our days are finished, for our end has come.
ESV
They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.
ESVUK
They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.
EXB
·Our enemies [L They] ·hunted [dogged] ·us [L our steps], so we could not even walk in the ·streets [public areas]. Our end is near. Our ·time [L days] ·is [L fill] up. Our end has come.
GNV
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.
GW
⌞The enemy⌟ kept tracking us down, so we couldn’t even go out into the streets. Our end was near. Our time was up. Our end had come.
GNT
The enemy was watching for us; we could not even walk in the streets. Our days were over; the end had come.
HCSB
Our steps were closely followed so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our time ran out. Our end had come!
ICB
Our enemies hunted us so we could not even walk in the streets. Our end came near. Our time was up. Our end came.
ISV
Our steps were closely stalked, so we couldn’t travel on our own streets. Our end is near, our days are over; indeed, our end has come.
JUB
They hunt our steps that we cannot walk in our streets; our end came near; our days were fulfilled; for our end is come.
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.
AKJV
They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
LSB
They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our open squares; Our end drew near, Our days were finished, For our end had come.
LEB
They hunted our steps, from walking in our streets; our end has come near, our days are finished, our end has come.
TLB
We can’t go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end is near—our days are numbered. We are doomed.
MSG
They tracked us down, those hunters. It wasn’t safe to go out in the street. Our end was near, our days numbered. We were doomed.
MEV
They tracked our steps so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.
NOG
The enemy kept tracking us down, so we couldn’t even go out into the streets. Our end was near. Our time was up. Our end had come.
NABRE
They dogged our every step, we could not walk in our squares; Our end drew near, our time was up; yes, our end had come.
NASB
They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
NASB1995
They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.
NCB
Men dogged our steps so that we were unable to walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our days were numbered; our time had come.
NCV
Our enemies hunted us, so we could not even walk in the streets. Our end is near. Our time is up. Our end has come.
NET
Our enemies hunted us down at every step so that we could not walk about in our streets. Our end drew near, our days were numbered, for our end had come!
NIRV
People hunted us down no matter where we went. We couldn’t even walk in our streets. Our end was near, so we only had a few days to live. Our end had come.
NIV
People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.
NIVUK
People stalked us at every step, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near, our days were numbered, for our end had come.
NKJV
They tracked our steps So that we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near; Our days were over, For our end had come.
NLV
They kept following after our steps so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end came near. Our days were finished, for our end had come.
NLT
We couldn’t go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end was near; our days were numbered. We were doomed!
NRSVA
They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.
NRSVACE
They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.
NRSVCE
They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.
NRSVUE
They dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered, for our end had come.
OJB
They stalk our steps, that we cannot go in our streets; kitzeinu (our end) is near, our yamim are numbered; for kitzeinu is come.
RGT
They hunt our steps, so that we cannot walk in our streets. Our end is near. Our days are fulfilled, for our end has come.
RSV
Men dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.
RSVCE
Men dogged our steps so that we could not walk in our streets; our end drew near; our days were numbered; for our end had come.
TLV
They hunted our steps, so we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near. Our days were numbered, for our end had come.
VOICE
Routinely our steps were tracked so that we could not even walk our own streets. This was it, our days at an end; we were done for.
WEB
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.
WYC
Our steps were slidery in the way of our streets; our end nighed, our days were [ful]filled, for our end came.
YLT
They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.
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