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