Lamentations 4:19

English Standard Version

19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness. (2Sa 1:23; Jer 4:13; Hab 1:8) 

New International Version

19 Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert. 

New International Reader’s Version

19 Those who were hunting us down were faster than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains. They hid and waited for us in the desert. 

King James Version

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

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