Lamentations 3 - Compare Translations
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Lamentations 3:1
KJVI Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
WEBI am the man who has seen affliction
YLTI [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
Lamentations 3:2
KJVHe hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
WEBHe has led me and caused me to walk in darkness,
YLTMe He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light.
Lamentations 3:3
KJVSurely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
WEBSurely he turns his hand against me
YLTSurely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
Lamentations 3:4
KJVMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
WEBHe has made my flesh and my skin old.
YLTHe hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
Lamentations 3:5
KJVHe hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
WEBHe has built against me,
YLTHe hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
Lamentations 3:6
KJVHe hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
WEBHe has made me dwell in dark places,
YLTIn dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
Lamentations 3:7
KJVHe hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
WEBHe has walled me about, so that I can’t go out.
YLTHe hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
Lamentations 3:8
KJVAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
WEBYes, when I cry, and call for help,
YLTAlso when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
Lamentations 3:9
KJVHe hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
WEBHe has walled up my ways with cut stone.
YLTHe hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
Lamentations 3:10
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Lamentations 3:11
KJVHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
WEBHe has turned away my ways,
YLTMy ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
Lamentations 3:12
KJVHe hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
WEBHe has bent his bow,
YLTHe hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
Lamentations 3:13
KJVHe hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
WEBHe has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
YLTHe hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
Lamentations 3:14
KJVI was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
WEBI have become a derision to all my people,
YLTI have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
Lamentations 3:15
KJVHe hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
WEBHe has filled me with bitterness.
YLTHe hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood.
Lamentations 3:16
KJVHe hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
WEBHe has also broken my teeth with gravel.
YLTAnd He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
Lamentations 3:17
KJVAnd thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
WEBYou have removed my soul far away from peace.
YLTAnd Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
Lamentations 3:18
KJVAnd I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
WEBI said, “My strength has perished,
YLTAnd I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:19
KJVRemembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
WEBRemember my affliction and my misery,
YLTRemember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
Lamentations 3:20
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Lamentations 3:21
KJVThis I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
WEBThis I recall to my mind;
YLTThis I turn to my heart -- therefore I hope.
Lamentations 3:22
KJVIt is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
WEBIt is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed,
YLTThe kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
Lamentations 3:23
KJVThey are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
WEBThey are new every morning.
YLTNew every morning, abundant [is] thy faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:24
KJVThe Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
WEB“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul.
YLTMy portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
Lamentations 3:25
KJVThe Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
WEBYahweh is good to those who wait for him,
YLTGood [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.
Lamentations 3:26
KJVIt is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
WEBIt is good that a man should hope
YLTGood! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:27
KJVIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
WEBIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
YLTGood for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:28
KJVHe sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
WEBLet him sit alone and keep silence,
YLTHe sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.
Lamentations 3:29
KJVHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
WEBLet him put his mouth in the dust,
YLTHe putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
Lamentations 3:30
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Lamentations 3:31
KJVFor the Lord will not cast off for ever:
WEBFor the Lord will not cast off forever.
YLTFor the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
Lamentations 3:32
KJVBut though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
WEBFor though he causes grief,
YLTFor though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
Lamentations 3:33
KJVFor he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
WEBFor he does not afflict willingly,
YLTFor He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
Lamentations 3:34
KJVTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.
WEBTo crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
YLTTo bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
Lamentations 3:35
KJVTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
WEBto turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
YLTTo turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
Lamentations 3:36
KJVTo subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
WEBto subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
YLTTo subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
Lamentations 3:37
KJVWho is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
WEBWho is he who says, and it comes to pass,
YLTWho [is] this -- he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?
Lamentations 3:38
KJVOut of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
WEBDoesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
YLTFrom the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
Lamentations 3:39
KJVWherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
WEBWhy does a living man complain,
YLTWhat -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
Lamentations 3:40
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Lamentations 3:41
KJVLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
WEBLet us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
YLTWe lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
Lamentations 3:42
KJVWe have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
WEB“We have transgressed and have rebelled.
YLTWe -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.
Lamentations 3:43
KJVThou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
WEB“You have covered us with anger and pursued us.
YLTThou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied.
Lamentations 3:44
KJVThou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
WEBYou have covered yourself with a cloud,
YLTThou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
Lamentations 3:45
KJVThou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
WEBYou have made us an off-scouring and refuse
YLTOffscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.
Lamentations 3:46
KJVAll our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
WEB“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
YLTOpened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
Lamentations 3:47
KJVFear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
WEBTerror and the pit have come on us,
YLTFear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
Lamentations 3:48
KJVMine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
WEBMy eye runs down with streams of water,
YLTRivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 3:49
KJVMine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission.
WEBMy eye pours down
YLTMine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,
Lamentations 3:50
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Lamentations 3:51
KJVMine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
WEBMy eye affects my soul,
YLTMy eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
Lamentations 3:52
KJVMine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
WEBThey have chased me relentlessly like a bird,
YLTHunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
Lamentations 3:53
KJVThey have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
WEBThey have cut off my life in the dungeon,
YLTThey have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
Lamentations 3:54
KJVWaters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
WEBWaters flowed over my head.
YLTFlowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
Lamentations 3:55
KJVI called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
WEBI called on your name, Yahweh,
YLTI called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
Lamentations 3:56
KJVThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
WEBYou heard my voice:
YLTMy voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry.
Lamentations 3:57
KJVThou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
WEBYou came near in the day that I called on you.
YLTThou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
Lamentations 3:58
KJVO Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
WEBLord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul.
YLTThou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
Lamentations 3:59
KJVO Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
WEBYahweh, you have seen my wrong.
YLTThou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
Lamentations 3:60
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Lamentations 3:61
KJVThou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;
WEBYou have heard their reproach, Yahweh,
YLTThou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,
Lamentations 3:62
KJVThe lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
WEBthe lips of those that rose up against me,
YLTThe lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
Lamentations 3:63
KJVBehold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
WEBYou see their sitting down and their rising up.
YLTTheir sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
Lamentations 3:64
KJVRender unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
WEBYou will pay them back, Yahweh,
YLTThou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
Lamentations 3:65
KJVGive them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
WEBYou will give them hardness of heart,
YLTThou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
Lamentations 3:66
KJVPersecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
WEBYou will pursue them in anger,
YLTThou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!
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