Lamentations 3:6
4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
- KJV
- He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
- WEB
- He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
- 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.
- BLB
- in dark places He has settled me, like the dead of old.
- ÅB
- På mørke steder lot han meg bo som de for lenge siden døde.
- OTB
- Han har latt meg bo i mørke, som de som er døde for lenge siden.
- B1930
- På mørke steder lot han mig bo som de for lenge siden døde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 88:5–6
I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
Read in contextPsalms 143:3
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Read in contextPsalms 143:7
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Read in context