Berean Standard Bible
“Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.”
Jeremiah is often called the weeping prophet, and this verse shows why. In the Hebrew text it is the last verse of chapter 8, but English and Spanish Bibles place it at the start of chapter 9.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
World English Bible (WEB)
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
King James Version (KJV)
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
American Standard Version (ASV)
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
¡OH si mi cabeza se tornase aguas, y mis ojos fuentes de aguas, para que llore día y noche los muertos de la hija de mi pueblo!
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
¡Hay tanto dolor que parece que no me alcanzarán todas las lágrimas para llorar por tanta desgracia! ¡Ay, ya las lágrimas no me alcanzan para llorar por tantos muertos de mi pueblo!
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