Lamentations 3 · Verse 13

Lamentations 3:13

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Lamentations 3:13, King James Version

Lamentations 3:13 in other translations

BSBHe pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
WEBHe has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
ASVHe hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
YLTHe hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
DARBYHe hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
BBEHe has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
WebsterHe hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

What does Lamentations 3:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:10-15

10-13. (Job 10:16; Ho 13:7, 8).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 The arrows of his quiver - בני אשפתו beney ashpatho, "The sons of his quiver." The issue or effect; the subject, adjunct, or accident, or produce of a thing, is frequently denominated its son or child. So arrows that issue from a quiver are here termed the sons of the quiver.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20

The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in God's mercies. Verses 1-20 The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the…

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Lamentations 3:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵבִיא֙he.Vi'he has broughtH935
בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔יbe.khil.yo.Taiin kidneys myH3629
בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ\׃'ash.pa.Toquiver hisH827

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 3:13

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • Deuteronomy 32:23

    I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

  • Job 41:28

    The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
arrows. Heb. sons.
De 32:23; Job 6:4; 41:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Lamentations 3:12

    He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

  • Lamentations 3:13

    He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  • Lamentations 3:14

    I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

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Lamentations 3:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hizo entrar en mis riñones las saetas de su aljaba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il a fait entrer dans mes reins les flèches de son carquois.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er ließ in meine Nieren dringen die Söhne seines Köchers.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Misit in renibus meis filias pharetræ suæ.