Lamentations 3:4
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
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Compare
- BSB
- He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
- KJV
- My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
- WEB
- He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
- 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.
- BLB
- He has worn out my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
- ÅB
- Han lot mitt kjøtt og min hud fortæres; han knuste mine ben.
- OTB
- Han har fått min hud og mitt kjøtt til å eldes, og har knust mine ben.
- B1930
- Han lot mitt kjøtt og min hud fortæres; han knuste mine ben.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:13
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Read in contextPsalms 38:2–8
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:17
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Read in contextPsalms 31:9–10
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Read in contextPsalms 102:3–5
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Read in contextJob 16:8–9
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
Read in contextPsalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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