Lamentations 3 · Verse 23

Lamentations 3:23

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:23, King James Version

Lamentations 3:23 in other translations

BSBThey are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
WEBThey are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
ASVThey are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
YLTNew every morning, abundant is thy faithfulness.
DARBYthey are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
BBEThey are new every morning; great is your good faith.
WebsterThey are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

What does Lamentations 3:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:22-24

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 They are new every morning - Day and night proclaim the mercy and compassion of God. Who could exist throughout the day, if there were not a continual superintending Providence? Who could be preserved in the night, if the Watchman of Israel ever slumbered or slept?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:21-36

Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort…

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Lamentations 3:23 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.

חֲדָשִׁים֙cha.da.Shim[they are] newH2319
לַבְּקָרִ֔יםla.be.ka.Rimto the morningsH1242
רַבָּ֖הra.Bah[is] greatH7227
אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ\׃'e.mu.na.Te.khafaithfulness yourH530

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

Cross references for Lamentations 3:23

  • Hebrews 10:23

    Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

  • Psalms 30:5

    For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

  • Isaiah 33:2

    O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

  • Psalms 36:5

    Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

  • Psalms 89:33

    Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

  • Zephaniah 3:5

    The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

  • Exodus 34:6

    And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

  • Psalms 146:6

    Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

  • Hebrews 6:18

    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

  • Titus 1:2

    In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

  • Psalms 89:1-2

    Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
new.
Ps 30:5; Isa 33:2; Zep 3:5
great.
Ex 34:6; Ps 36:5; 89:1,2,33; 146:6; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18; 10:23

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Context

  • Lamentations 3:22

    It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  • Lamentations 3:23

    They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

  • Lamentations 3:24

    The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

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Lamentations 3:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Nuevas son cada mañana; grande es tu fidelidad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
elles sont nouvelles chaque matin; grande est ta fidélité!
German
Elberfelder 1871
sie sind alle Morgen neu, deine Treue ist groß.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Novi diluculo, multa est fides tua.