Lamentations 3:1

ASV: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

DARBY: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

DRA: Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.

KJV: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

Lamentations 3:2

ASV: He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

DARBY: Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

DRA: Aleph. He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, and not into light.

KJV: He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

Lamentations 3:3

ASV: Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

DARBY: Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.

DRA: Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.

KJV: Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

Lamentations 3:4

ASV: My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

DARBY: My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

DRA: Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.

KJV: My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:5

ASV: He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

DARBY: He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.

DRA: Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour.

KJV: He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

Lamentations 3:6

ASV: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

DARBY: He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

DRA: Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

KJV: He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

Lamentations 3:7

ASV: He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

DARBY: He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

DRA: Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.

KJV: He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Lamentations 3:8

ASV: Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

DARBY: Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

DRA: Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.

KJV: Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Lamentations 3:9

ASV: He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

DARBY: He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

DRA: Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

KJV: He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

Lamentations 3:10

ASV: He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

DARBY: He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

DRA: Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

KJV: He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

Lamentations 3:11

ASV: He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

DARBY: He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

DRA: Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.

KJV: He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

Lamentations 3:12

ASV: He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

DARBY: He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

DRA: Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for his arrows.

KJV: He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Lamentations 3:13

ASV: He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

DARBY: He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

DRA: He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.

KJV: He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Lamentations 3:14

ASV: I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

DARBY: I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.

DRA: He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

KJV: I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

Lamentations 3:15

ASV: He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

DARBY: He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

DRA: He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.

KJV: He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:16

ASV: He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.

DARBY: He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

DRA: Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

KJV: He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

Lamentations 3:17

ASV: And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

DARBY: And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.

DRA: Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.

KJV: And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

Lamentations 3:18

ASV: And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

DARBY: And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.

DRA: Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.

KJV: And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

Lamentations 3:19

ASV: Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

DARBY: Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

DRA: Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall.

KJV: Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:20

ASV: My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

DARBY: My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

DRA: Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.

KJV: My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Lamentations 3:21

ASV: This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.

DARBY: This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.

DRA: Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope.

KJV: This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

Lamentations 3:22

ASV: [It is of] Jehovah`s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

DARBY: It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

DRA: Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.

KJV: It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Lamentations 3:23

ASV: They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.

DARBY: they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

DRA: Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.

KJV: They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:24

ASV: Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

DARBY: Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

DRA: Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

KJV: The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

Lamentations 3:25

ASV: Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

DARBY: Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

DRA: Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

KJV: The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:26

ASV: It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

DARBY: It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

DRA: Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

KJV: It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Lamentations 3:27

ASV: It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

DARBY: It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:

DRA: Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

KJV: It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Lamentations 3:28

ASV: Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

DARBY: He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

DRA: Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

KJV: He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

Lamentations 3:29

ASV: Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

DARBY: he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

DRA: Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

KJV: He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

Lamentations 3:30

ASV: Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

DARBY: he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.

DRA: Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

KJV: He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

Lamentations 3:31

ASV: For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

DARBY: For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

DRA: Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

KJV: For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

Lamentations 3:32

ASV: For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

DARBY: but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:

DRA: Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.

KJV: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Lamentations 3:33

ASV: For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

DARBY: for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

DRA: Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.

KJV: For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

Lamentations 3:34

ASV: To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

DARBY: To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

DRA: Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,

KJV: To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

Lamentations 3:35

ASV: To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

DARBY: to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

DRA: Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,

KJV: To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

Lamentations 3:36

ASV: To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

DARBY: to wrong a man in his cause, will not the Lord see it?

DRA: Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.

KJV: To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Lamentations 3:37

ASV: Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

DARBY: Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?

DRA: Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

KJV: Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Lamentations 3:38

ASV: Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

DARBY: Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?

DRA: Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?

KJV: Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Lamentations 3:39

ASV: Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

DARBY: Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

DRA: Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?

KJV: Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Lamentations 3:40

ASV: Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

DARBY: Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

DRA: Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

KJV: Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Lamentations 3:41

ASV: Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

DARBY: Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.

DRA: Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

KJV: Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Lamentations 3:42

ASV: We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

DARBY: We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

DRA: Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.

KJV: We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

Lamentations 3:43

ASV: Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

DARBY: Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.

DRA: Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath, and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared.

KJV: Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

Lamentations 3:44

ASV: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

DARBY: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.

DRA: Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.

KJV: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

Lamentations 3:45

ASV: Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

DARBY: Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

DRA: Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

KJV: Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

Lamentations 3:46

ASV: All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

DARBY: All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

DRA: Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

KJV: All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Lamentations 3:47

ASV: Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.

DARBY: Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.

DRA: Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.

KJV: Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48

ASV: Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

DARBY: Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

DRA: Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

KJV: Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49

ASV: Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

DARBY: Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

DRA: Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:

KJV: Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Lamentations 3:50

ASV: Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.

DARBY: till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.

DRA: Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens.

KJV: Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

Lamentations 3:51

ASV: Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

DARBY: Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

DRA: Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

KJV: Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 3:52

ASV: They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

DARBY: They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.

DRA: Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

KJV: Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

Lamentations 3:53

ASV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

DARBY: They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

DRA: Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

KJV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Lamentations 3:54

ASV: Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

DARBY: Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

DRA: Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

KJV: Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

Lamentations 3:55

ASV: I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.

DARBY: I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.

DRA: Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

KJV: I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

Lamentations 3:56

ASV: Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

DARBY: Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

DRA: Coph. Thou hast heard my voice: turn not away thy ear from my sighs, and cries.

KJV: Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:57

ASV: Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

DARBY: Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

DRA: Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.

KJV: Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

Lamentations 3:58

ASV: O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

DARBY: Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.

DRA: Res. Thou hast judged, O Lord, the cause of my soul, thou the Redeemer of my life.

KJV: O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Lamentations 3:59

ASV: O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.

DARBY: Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

DRA: Res. Thou hast seen, O Lord, their iniquity against me: judge thou my judgment.

KJV: O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

Lamentations 3:60

ASV: Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.

DARBY: Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.

DRA: Res. Thou hast seen all their fury, and all their thoughts against me.

KJV: Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

Lamentations 3:61

ASV: Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,

DARBY: Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;

DRA: Sin. Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, all their imaginations against me.

KJV: Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

Lamentations 3:62

ASV: The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

DARBY: the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.

DRA: Sin. The lips of them that rise up against me: and their devices against me all the day.

KJV: The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

Lamentations 3:63

ASV: Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

DARBY: Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.

DRA: Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.

KJV: Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

Lamentations 3:64

ASV: Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.

DARBY: Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;

DRA: Thau. Thou shalt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.

KJV: Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Lamentations 3:65

ASV: Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

DARBY: give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;

DRA: Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

KJV: Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

Lamentations 3:66

ASV: Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

DARBY: pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

DRA: Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.

KJV: Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

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