Lamentations:3 Parallel Bible - YLT ASV |
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| Lamentations 3:1 | I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath. | I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
| Lamentations 3:2 | Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light. | He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. |
| Lamentations 3:3 | Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day. | Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day. |
| Lamentations 3:4 | He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones. | My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. |
| Lamentations 3:5 | He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness. | He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. |
| Lamentations 3:6 | In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old. | He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. |
| Lamentations 3:7 | He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter. | He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. |
| Lamentations 3:8 | Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer. | Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. |
| Lamentations 3:9 | He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked. | He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked. |
| Lamentations 3:10 | A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places. | He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. |
| Lamentations 3:11 | My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation. | He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. |
| Lamentations 3:12 | He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow. | He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. |
| Lamentations 3:13 | He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver. | He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins. |
| Lamentations 3:14 | I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day. | I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. |
| Lamentations 3:15 | He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood. | He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood. |
| Lamentations 3:16 | And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes. | He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes. |
| Lamentations 3:17 | And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity. | And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity. |
| Lamentations 3:18 | And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. | And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah. |
| Lamentations 3:19 | Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall! | Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. |
| Lamentations 3:20 | Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me. | My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me. |
| Lamentations 3:21 | This I turn to my heart therefore I hope. | This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope. |
| Lamentations 3:22 | The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. | [It is of] Jehovah's lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. |
| Lamentations 3:23 | New every morning, abundant [is] thy faithfulness. | They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. |
| Lamentations 3:24 | My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him. | Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. |
| Lamentations 3:25 | Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him. | Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. |
| Lamentations 3:26 | Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah. | It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. |
| Lamentations 3:27 | Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth. | It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. |
| Lamentations 3:28 | He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him. | Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him. |
| Lamentations 3:29 | He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope. | Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. |
| Lamentations 3:30 | He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach. | Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach. |
| Lamentations 3:31 | For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. | For the Lord will not cast off for ever. |
| Lamentations 3:32 | For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness. | For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. |
| Lamentations 3:33 | For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men. | For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. |
| Lamentations 3:34 | To bruise under one`s feet any bound ones of earth, | To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, |
| Lamentations 3:35 | To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High, | To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, |
| Lamentations 3:36 | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved. | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. |
| Lamentations 3:37 | Who [is] this he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]? | Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? |
| Lamentations 3:38 | From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good. | Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good? |
| Lamentations 3:39 | What sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin? | Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? |
| Lamentations 3:40 | We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah. | Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. |
| Lamentations 3:41 | We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens. | Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. |
| Lamentations 3:42 | We we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou Thou hast not forgiven. | We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned. |
| Lamentations 3:43 | Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain Thou hast not pitied. | Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. |
| Lamentations 3:44 | Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through. | Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. |
| Lamentations 3:45 | Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples. | Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples. |
| Lamentations 3:46 | Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies. | All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us. |
| Lamentations 3:47 | Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction. | Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction. |
| Lamentations 3:48 | Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people. | Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
| Lamentations 3:49 | Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission, | Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, |
| Lamentations 3:50 | Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens, | Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven. |
| Lamentations 3:51 | My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city. | Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city. |
| Lamentations 3:52 | Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause. | They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause. |
| Lamentations 3:53 | They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me. | They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me. |
| Lamentations 3:54 | Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off. | Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off. |
| Lamentations 3:55 | I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit. | I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon. |
| Lamentations 3:56 | My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing at my cry. | Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. |
| Lamentations 3:57 | Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not. | Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not. |
| Lamentations 3:58 | Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life. | O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. |
| Lamentations 3:59 | Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause. | O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause. |
| Lamentations 3:60 | Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me. | Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me. |
| Lamentations 3:61 | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me, | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me, |
| Lamentations 3:62 | The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day. | The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. |
| Lamentations 3:63 | Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song. | Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song. |
| Lamentations 3:64 | Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands. | Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands. |
| Lamentations 3:65 | Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them. | Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them. |
| Lamentations 3:66 | Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah! | Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah. |
| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
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