Lamentations:3 Parallel Bible - ASV BAS WLD YLT |
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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 has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. | I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath. |
| 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. | He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. | Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without 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 he turns his hand again and again all the day. | Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth 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 has he made old; he has broken my bones. | He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. 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 has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. | He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness. |
| 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 has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. | In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old. |
| 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 has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy. | He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter. |
| 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. | Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. | Also when I call and cry out, 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 has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked. | He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked. |
| 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 to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. | A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-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 has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate. | My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation. |
| 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 has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. | He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow. |
| 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 has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins. | He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons 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, and their song all the day. | I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day. |
| 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 has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood. | He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled 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 has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes. | And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered 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. | You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity. | And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity. |
| 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. | I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh. | And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. |
| 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 my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. | Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and 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 still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. | Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in 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 my mind; therefore have I hope. | This I turn to my heart therefore 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] Yahweh's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail. | The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. |
| 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 your faithfulness. | New every morning, abundant [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. | Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him. | My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope 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. | Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. | Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for 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 a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh. | Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah. |
| 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. | Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in 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. | Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. | He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him. |
| 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. | Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. | He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is 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. | Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach. | He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach. |
| 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 forever. | For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. |
| 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. | For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. | For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness. |
| 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 does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. | For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons 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, | To bruise under one`s feet any bound ones of earth, |
| 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, | To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against 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 subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve. | To subvert a man in his cause, 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 who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it? | Who [is] this he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]? |
| 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? | Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High? | From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good. |
| 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? | Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? | What sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin? |
| 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 Yahweh. | We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah. |
| 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 to God in the heavens. | We lift up our heart on the hands unto God 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; you have not pardoned. | We we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou Thou hast not forgiven. |
| 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; | You have covered with anger and pursued us; you have killed, you have not pitied. | Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain Thou hast not pitied. |
| 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. | You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. | Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth 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. | You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples. | Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples. |
| 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 wide against us. | Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies. |
| 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 on us, devastation and destruction. | Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation 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. | My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. | Rivulets of water go down my eye, 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, | My eye pours down, and doesn't cease, without any intermission, | Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission, |
| 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. | Until Yahweh look down, and see from heaven. | Till Jehovah looketh and seeth 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. | My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city. | My eye affecteth 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 have chased me sore like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause. | Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies 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 the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me. | They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against 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 flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off. | Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been 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 on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon. | I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower 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. | You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry. | My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing at my cry. |
| 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. | You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don't be afraid. | Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, 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, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life. | Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed 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. | Yahweh, you have seen my wrong; judge you my cause. | Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause. |
| 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. | You have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me. | Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of 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; | You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their devices against me, | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts 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 rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. | The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation 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. | See you their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. | Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, 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. | You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands. | Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work 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. | You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them. | Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them. |
| 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. | You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh. | Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah! |
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