Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
Lamentations 3:18 in other translations
| BSB | So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” |
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| WEB | I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from the LORD.” |
| ASV | And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah. |
| YLT | And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. |
| DARBY | And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah. |
| BBE | And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord. |
| Webster | And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD: |
What does Lamentations 3:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:16-18
16-18. gravel--referring to the grit that often mixes with bread baked in ashes, as is the custom of baking in the East (Pr 20:17). We fare as hardly as those who eat such bread. The same allusion is in "Covered me with ashes," namely, as bread.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Lamentations 3:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:18
- Job 17:15
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
- 1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
- Psalms 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
- Psalms 116:11
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
- Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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Context
- Lamentations 3:17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
- Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
- Lamentations 3:19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations 3:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dije: Pereció mi fortaleza, y mi esperanza de Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et j’ai dit: Ma confiance est périe, et mon espérance en l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ich sprach: Dahin ist meine Lebenskraft und meine Hoffnung auf Jehova. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dixi: Periit finis meus, et spes mea a Domino. |