Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people. New Living Translation If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered. English Standard Version Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 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. King James Bible 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! New King James Version Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! New American Standard Bible Oh, that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For those slain of the daughter of my people! NASB 1995 Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! NASB 1977 Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! Legacy Standard Bible Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! Amplified Bible Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! Christian Standard Bible If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people. Holman Christian Standard Bible If my head were a spring of water, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people. American Standard Version 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! Contemporary English Version I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed. English Revised Version 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! GOD'S WORD® Translation "I wish that my head were [filled with] water and my eyes were a fountain of tears so that I could cry day and night for my dear people who have been killed. Good News Translation I wish my head were a well of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I could cry day and night for my people who have been killed. International Standard Version "Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, for then I would cry day and night for those of my people who have been killed. Majority 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. NET Bible I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! World English Bible 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! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWho makes my head waters, "" And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, "" For the wounded of the daughter of my people. Young's Literal Translation Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people. Smith's Literal Translation Who will give my head waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears? and I will weep day and night for the wounded of the daughter of my people. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? and I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. Catholic Public Domain Version “Who will provide water for my head, and a fount of tears for my eyes? And then I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. New American Bible Oh, that my head were a spring of water, my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night over the slain from the daughter of my people! New Revised Standard Version O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor people! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOH that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But who gave my head waters and my eyes a fountain of tears? Moreover I have wept by day and by night for the slain of the daughter of my people! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Oh 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! Brenton Septuagint Translation Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, even for the slain of the daughter of my people. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Lament over Zion1 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. 2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.… Cross References Lamentations 1:16 For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed. Lamentations 2:11 My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. Isaiah 22:4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.” Luke 19:41 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Psalm 119:136 My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed. Ezekiel 9:4 “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.” Romans 9:2-3 I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. / For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood, 2 Samuel 18:33 The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. Isaiah 16:9 So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest. John 11:35 Jesus wept. Micah 1:8 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. Hosea 11:8 How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! Joel 2:17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” Treasury of Scripture Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! O that. Jeremiah 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Jeremiah 13:17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. Jeremiah 14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. weep. Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? the daughter. Jeremiah 6:26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. Jeremiah 8:21,22 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me… Jump to Previous Daughter Eye Eyes Fountain Fountains Head Night Slain Spring Stream Tears Water Waters Weep Weeping WoundedJump to Next Daughter Eye Eyes Fountain Fountains Head Night Slain Spring Stream Tears Water Waters Weep Weeping WoundedJeremiah 9 1. Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;9. and for their judgment. 12. Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity. 17. He exhorts to mourn for their destruction; 23. and to trust not in themselves, but in God. 25. He threatens both Jews and Gentiles. Oh, that my head were a spring of water The phrase begins with a deep expression of longing and lamentation. The Hebrew word for "head" here is "rosh," which often signifies the beginning or the topmost part, indicating the source of thought and emotion. The imagery of a "spring of water" suggests an unending source of tears, symbolizing profound grief. In ancient Israel, water was a precious resource, and a spring represented life and sustenance. Here, it is used to convey the depth of Jeremiah's sorrow, as if his head could produce an endless flow of tears to match his overwhelming grief. and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people (1) Oh, that my head were waters . . .!--Literally, Who will give my head waters . . .? The form of a question was, in Hebrew idiom as in Latin, the natural utterance of desire. In the Hebrew text this verse comes as the last in Jeremiah 8. It is, of course, very closely connected with what precedes; but, on the other hand, it is even more closely connected with what follows. Strictly speaking, there ought to be no break at all, and the discourse should flow on continuously. A fountain.--Here, as in Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13, and elsewhere, the Hebrew word makor is a tank or reservoir rather than a spring. Verse 1. - The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8. Oh that my head were waters, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if we have been going on pace for pace with the passion before, this sudden conversion of a strong-felt metaphor into something to be actually realized in nature, is strictly and strikingly natural." So Bishop Dearie, quoting, by way of illustration, Shakespeare's 'Richard II.,' "meditating on his own utter annihilation as to royalty:""Oh that I were a mockery king of snow, Hebrew Oh, thatיִתֵּ֤ן (yit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set my head רֹאשִׁי֙ (rō·šî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7218: The head were a spring of water, מַ֔יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen and my eyes וְעֵינִ֖י (wə·‘ê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain a fountain מְק֣וֹר (mə·qō·wr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny) of tears, דִּמְעָ֑ה (dim·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1832: Tears (of one weeping) I would weep וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ (wə·’eḇ·keh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan day יוֹמָ֣ם (yō·w·mām) Adverb Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day and night וָלַ֔יְלָה (wā·lay·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity over the slain חַֽלְלֵ֥י (ḥal·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted daughter בַת־ (ḇaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1323: A daughter of my people. עַמִּֽי׃ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Jeremiah 9:1 NIVJeremiah 9:1 NLT Jeremiah 9:1 ESV Jeremiah 9:1 NASB Jeremiah 9:1 KJV Jeremiah 9:1 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 9:1 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 9:1 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 9:1 French Bible Jeremiah 9:1 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:1 Oh that my head were waters (Jer.) |
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