Lamentations 3:18
16 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.
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
19 Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
20 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
- KJV
- And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
- WEB
- I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.”
- 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.
- BLB
- and I say, “My strength has perished, and also my hope from YHWH!”
- ÅB
- og jeg sa: Det er forbi med min kraft og mitt håp til Herren.
- OTB
- Så jeg sier: "Min prakt har gått til grunne, og det har også mitt håp fra Herren."
- B1930
- og jeg sa: Det er forbi med min kraft og mitt håp til Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 17:15
where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Read in context1 Samuel 27:1
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
Read in contextEzekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Read in contextPsalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Read in contextPsalms 116:11
In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
Read in contextJob 6:11
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
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