Lamentations 4:19 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

ASV Byzantine Text

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kaicae patom kaminawk loe van ih tahmunawk pongah doeh rang o kue; nihcae mah mae nui khoek to ang patom o, praezaek ah doeh ang maah o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Kaimih aka hloem rhoek te vaan kahatha lakah kapyang la om uh. Kaimih he tlang ah n'hlak tih khosoek ah khaw kaimih n'rhongngol thil uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Kaimih aka hloem rhoek te vaan kahatha lakah kapyang la om uh. Kaimih he tlang ah n'hlak tih khosoek ah khaw kaimih n'rhongngol thil uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua oi ka mama o ka poe alualu mai ia makou mamua o ko na aeto o ka lani; Ma na mauna lakou i hahai mai ai ia makou, Hoohalua lakou ia makou ma ka waonahele.

English Berean Standard Bible

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Moun ki t'ap kouri dèyè nou yo te pi rapid pase malfini k'ap plonje dèyè poul. Y'ap kouri dèyè nou nan tout mòn yo. Yo tann pèlen pou nou nan tout dezè a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Coph Velociores fuerunt persecutores nostri aquilis cæli; super montes persecuti sunt nos, in deserto insidiati sunt nobis.

Bible in Basic English

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Ceux qui nous poursuivaient ont été plus rapides que les aigles des cieux, ils nous ont donné la chasse sur les montagnes, ils nous ont tendu des embûches dans le désert.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Rychlejší jsou ti, kteříž nás stihají, než orlice nebeské; po horách stihají nás, na poušti zálohy nám zdělali.

Kosraean Bible

Elos ukwekuti, mui liki ke eagle uh ac pwesrouli nu facsr lucng me uh. Elos lol acn kut fahsr we fin inging uh, ac kasriki kut ac sruokkuti in acn mwesis.

World Portuguese Bible

Nossos perseguidores foram mais rápidos do que as águias do céu. Eles nos perseguiram sobre os montes. Eles nos armaram emboscadas no deserto.

Romanian BTF Bible

Persecutorii noștri sunt mai iuți decât acvilele cerului; ei ne-au urmărit pe munți, ne-au pândit în pustie.

Brenton English Septuagint

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သူတို့သည်မိုးကောင်းကင်မှထိုးဆင်းလာသည့် လင်းယုန်ငှက်များကဲ့သို့ငါတို့ကိုလိုက်လံ ဖမ်းဆီးကြပါ၏။ တောင်ကုန်းများတွင်ငါတို့ကိုလိုက်၍ရှာဖွေ ကြပါ၏။ သဲကန္တာရတွင်အမှတ်မထင်ဖမ်းဆီးကြပါ၏။

Darby Translation

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.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Unsere Verfolger waren schneller als die Adler des Himmels; sie jagten uns nach auf den Bergen, in der Wüste lauerten sie auf uns.

Dutch Bible 1917

Koph. Onze vervolgers zijn sneller geweest dan de arenden des hemels; zij hebben ons op de bergen hittiglijk vervolgd, in de woestijn hebben zij ons lagen gelegd.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Onze vervolgers waren nog sneller Dan adelaars in de lucht; Ze zetten ons na op de bergen, Belaagden ons in de woestijn.

Italian Diodati Bible

Quelli che ci hanno perseguiti Sono stati più leggieri che le aquile del cielo ; Ci son corsi dietro in su i monti, Ci han posti agguati nel deserto.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Our persecuters are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, and layed waite for vs in the wildernes.

Noyes Bible

Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of heaven; They chased us upon the mountains; they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Danish Bible 1931

Mer snare end Himlens Ørne var de, som jog os, på Bjergene satte de efter os, lured i Ørkenen,

Leeser Tanakh

Swifter were our pursuers than the eagles of heaven: upon the mountains did they hotly follow us: in the wilderness did they lie in wait for us.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heaven; they chased us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

King James Version

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Kẻ đuổi theo chúng ta thật lẹ hơn con chim ưng trên trời. Đuổi theo chúng ta trên các núi, rình rập chúng ta trong đồng vắng.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: They pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku veʻe vave hotau kau fakatanga ʻi he fanga ʻikale ʻoe langi: naʻa nau tuli kitautolu ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga; naʻa nau malumu kiate kitautolu ʻi he toafa.

French Ostervald Bible

Nos persécuteurs étaient plus légers que les aigles des cieux; ils nous ont poursuivis sur les montagnes, ils nous ont dressé des embûches dans le désert.

Esperanto Bible

Pli rapidaj ol agloj de la ĉielo estis niaj persekutantoj; Sur la montoj ili postkuris nin, en la dezerto ili faris embuskojn kontraŭ ni.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Nos persécuteurs étaient plus légers Que les aigles du ciel; Ils nous ont poursuivis sur les montagnes, Ils nous ont dressé des embûches dans le désert.

German Luther Bible 1912

Unsre Verfolger waren schneller denn die Adler unter dem Himmel; auf den Bergen haben sie uns verfolgt und in der Wüste auf uns gelauert.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.

British English Septuagint 2012

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.

Majority Standard BIble

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Webster Bible

Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Revised Version

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

Italian Riveduta Bible

I nostri persecutori sono stati più leggeri delle aquile de’ cieli; ci han dato la caccia su per le montagne, ci han teso agguati nel deserto.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Nos poursuivants étaient plus rapides que les aigles du ciel. Ils nous ont pourchassés sur les montagnes. Ils nous ont tendu des embuscades dans le désert.

Reina Valera 1909

Ligeros fueron nuestros perseguidores más que las águilas del cielo: sobre los montes nos persiguieron, en el desierto nos pusieron emboscadas.

Spanish BLL

Nuestros perseguidores eran más rápidos que las águilas del cielo; nos persiguieron por los montes, nos pusieron trampas en el desierto.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Nuestros perseguidores fueron más veloces que las águilas del cielo; nos acosaron por los montes, nos tendieron emboscadas en el desierto.

Croatian Bible

Naši gonitelji bijahu brži od orlova na nebu; u planini nas ganjahu, u pustinji dočekivahu u zasjedi.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Koji nas goniše, behu lakši od orlova nebeskih, po gorama nas goniše, u pustinji nam zasedaše.

German Textbibel

Unsere Verfolger waren schneller als die Adler unterm Himmel, setzten uns nach auf den Bergen, lauerten uns auf in der Wüste.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, They flew on the mountains, In the wilderness they laid wait for us.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

קַלִּ֤ים הָיוּ֙ רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּ מִנִּשְׁרֵ֖י שָׁמָ֑יִם עַל־הֶהָרִ֣ים דְּלָקֻ֔נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר אָ֥רְבוּ לָֽנוּ׃ ס