Lamentations 3:6
4 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.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth 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
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Read in contextPsalms 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Read in contextPsalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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