Lamentations 3:34
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Lamentations 3:34 in other translations
| BSB | To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, |
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| WEB | To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, |
| ASV | To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, |
| YLT | To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth, |
| DARBY | To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, |
| BBE | In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, |
| Webster | To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, |
What does Lamentations 3:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:34-36
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Lamentations 3:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:34
- Zechariah 9:11-12
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
- Isaiah 51:22-23
Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
- Psalms 102:20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
- Jeremiah 51:33-36
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
- Psalms 69:33
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
- Isaiah 49:9
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
- Isaiah 14:17
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
- Psalms 79:11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
- Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
- Jeremiah 50:33-34
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:33
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
- Lamentations 3:34
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
- Lamentations 3:35
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Lamentations 3:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Desmenuzar bajo de sus pies todos los encarcelados de la tierra, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qu’on écrase sous les pieds tous les prisonniers de la terre, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Daß man alle Gefangenen der Erde unter seinen Füßen zertrete, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ut conteret sub pedibus suis omnes vinctos terræ. |