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| Lamentations 3:1 | I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. | I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath. | I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. | Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation. |
| Lamentations 3:2 | He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. | By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light. | Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light. | Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light. |
| Lamentations 3:3 | Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day. | Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day. | Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day. | Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day. |
| Lamentations 3:4 | My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. | My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken. | My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones. | Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones. |
| Lamentations 3:5 | He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. | He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow. | He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil. | Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour. |
| Lamentations 3:6 | He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. | He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead. | He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead. | Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever. |
| Lamentations 3:7 | He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. | He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain. | He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. | Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy. |
| Lamentations 3:8 | Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. | Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out. | Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. | Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer. |
| Lamentations 3:9 | He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked. | He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted. | He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. | Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down. |
| Lamentations 3:10 | He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. | He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places. | He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places. | Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places. |
| Lamentations 3:11 | He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. | By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste. | He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. | Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate. |
| Lamentations 3:12 | He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. | With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows. | He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. | Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows. |
| Lamentations 3:13 | He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins. | He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body. | He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. | He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver. |
| Lamentations 3:14 | I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. | I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day. | I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day. | He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long. |
| Lamentations 3:15 | He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood. | He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure. | He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood. | He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood. |
| Lamentations 3:16 | He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes. | By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust. | He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. | Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes. |
| Lamentations 3:17 | And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity. | My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good. | And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity. | Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things. |
| Lamentations 3:18 | And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah. | And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord. | And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah. | Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord. |
| Lamentations 3:19 | Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. | Keep in mind my trouble and my wandering, the bitter root and the poison. | Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall. | Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall. |
| Lamentations 3:20 | My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me. | My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me. | My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me. | Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me. |
| Lamentations 3:21 | This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope. | This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope. | This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope. | Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope. |
| Lamentations 3:22 | [It is of] Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. | It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit. | It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not; | Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed. |
| Lamentations 3:23 | They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. | They are new every morning; great is your good faith. | they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. | Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness. |
| Lamentations 3:24 | Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. | I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him. | Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. | Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him. |
| Lamentations 3:25 | Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. | The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him. | Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. | Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him. |
| Lamentations 3:26 | It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. | It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord. | It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah. | Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God. |
| Lamentations 3:27 | It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. | It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young. | It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth: | Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth. |
| Lamentations 3:28 | Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him. | Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him. | He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him; | Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself. |
| Lamentations 3:29 | Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. | Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope. | he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope; | Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. |
| Lamentations 3:30 | Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach. | Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame. | he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach. | Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches. |
| Lamentations 3:31 | For the Lord will not cast off for ever. | For the Lord does not give a man up for ever. | For the Lord will not cast off for ever; | Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever. |
| Lamentations 3:32 | For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. | For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love. | but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses: | Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies. |
| Lamentations 3:33 | For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. | For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men. | for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men. | Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men. |
| Lamentations 3:34 | To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, | In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, | To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, | Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land, |
| Lamentations 3:35 | To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, | In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High. | to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, | Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High, |
| Lamentations 3:36 | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. | In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure. | to wrong a man in his cause, will not the Lord see it? | Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved. |
| Lamentations 3:37 | Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? | Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord? | Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded? | Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not? |
| Lamentations 3:38 | Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good? | Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High? | Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good? | Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest? |
| Lamentations 3:39 | Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? | What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin? | Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? | Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins? |
| Lamentations 3:40 | Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. | Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord; | Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. | Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord. |
| Lamentations 3:41 | Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. | Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens. | Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto ùGod in the heavens. | Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens. |
| Lamentations 3:42 | We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned. | We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness. | We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. | Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable. |
| Lamentations 3:43 | Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. | Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity; | Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared. | Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared. |
| Lamentations 3:44 | Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. | Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through. | Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through. | Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through. |
| Lamentations 3:45 | Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples. | You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples. | Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples. | Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people. |
| Lamentations 3:46 | All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us. | The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us. | All our enemies have opened their mouth against us. | Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. |
| Lamentations 3:47 | Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction. | Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction. | Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin. | Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction. |
| Lamentations 3:48 | Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. | Rivers of water are running down from my eyes, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. | Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people. | Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
| Lamentations 3:49 | Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, | My eyes are streaming without stopping, they have no rest, | Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, | Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest: |
| Lamentations 3:50 | Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven. | Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven. | till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens. | Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens. |
| Lamentations 3:51 | Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city. | The Lord is unkind to my soul, more than all the daughters of my town. | Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city. | Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city. |
| Lamentations 3:52 | They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause. | They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird; | They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird. | Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause. |
| Lamentations 3:53 | They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me. | They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones. | They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me. | Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me. |
| Lamentations 3:54 | Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off. | Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off. | Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off. | Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off. |
| Lamentations 3:55 | I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon. | I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison. | I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit. | Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit. |
| Lamentations 3:56 | Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. | My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry. | Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry. | Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries. |
| Lamentations 3:57 | Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not. | You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear. | Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not. | Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not. |
| Lamentations 3:58 | O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. | O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe. | Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life. | Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life. |
| Lamentations 3:59 | O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause. | O Lord, you have seen my wrong; be judge in my cause. | Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. | Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment. |
| Lamentations 3:60 | Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me. | You have seen all the evil rewards they have sent on me, and all their designs against me. | Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me. | Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me. |
| Lamentations 3:61 | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me, | Their bitter words have come to your ears, O Lord, and all their designs against me; | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me; | Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me. |
| Lamentations 3:62 | The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. | The lips of those who came up against me, and their thoughts against me all the day. | the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day. | Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day. |
| Lamentations 3:63 | Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. | Take note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song. | Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song. | Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song. |
| Lamentations 3:64 | Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands. | You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands. | Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands; | Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands. |
| Lamentations 3:65 | Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them. | You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them. | give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them; | Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour. |
| Lamentations 3:66 | Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah. | You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord. | pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah. | Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord. |
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