Lamentations 3:16
14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
- KJV
- He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
- WEB
- He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
- 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.
- BLB
- And He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has covered me with ashes.
- ÅB
- Han knuste mine tenner, han gav meg småsten å spise, han trykte meg ned i asken.
- OTB
- Han har knust mine tenner med grus; han har presset meg ned i støvet.
- B1930
- Han knuste mine tenner, han gav mig småsten å ete, han trykte mig ned i asken.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:17
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Read in contextPsalms 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Read in contextPsalms 58:6
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
Read in contextLuke 11:11
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Read in contextJob 4:10
The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Read in contextMatthew 7:9
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Read in contextJob 2:8
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
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