Lamentations 3 · Verse 20

Lamentations 3:20

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Lamentations 3:20, King James Version

Lamentations 3:20 in other translations

BSBSurely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
WEBMy soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
ASVMy soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
YLTRemember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
DARBYMy soul hath them constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
BBEMy soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
WebsterMy soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

What does Lamentations 3:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:19-21

19-21. This gives the reason why he gave way to the temptation to despair. The Margin, "Remember" does not suit the sense so well. wormwood ... gall--(Jr 9:15).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 By soul - is humbled in me - It is evident that in the preceding verses there is a bitterness of complaint against the bitterness of adversity, that is not becoming to man when under the chastising hand of God; and, while indulging this feeling, all hope fled. Here we find a different feeling; he humbles himself under the mighty hand of God, and then his hope revives, Lam 3:21.

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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…

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Lamentations 3:20 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.

זָכ֣וֹרza.Khorcontinually <remember>H2142
תִּזְכּ֔וֹרtiz.Korit remembersH2142
וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַve.ta.shi.achso it may bow downH7743
עָלַ֖י'a.Laion meH5921
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shiself myH5315

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

Cross references for Lamentations 3:20

  • Psalms 42:5-6

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

  • Psalms 42:11

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  • Job 21:6

    Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

  • Psalms 43:5

    Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  • Psalms 146:8

    The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

  • Psalms 44:25

    For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hath.
Job 21:6
humbled. Heb. bowed.
Ps 42:5,6,11; 43:5; 146:8

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

Context

  • Lamentations 3:19

    Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

  • Lamentations 3:20

    My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

  • Lamentations 3:21

    This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

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Lamentations 3:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tendrálo aún en memoria mi alma, porque en mí está humillada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon âme s’en souvient sans cesse, et elle est abattue au-dedans de moi. –
German
Elberfelder 1871		Beständig denkt meine Seele daran und ist niedergebeugt in mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Memoria memor ero, et tabescet in me anima mea.