Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Lamentations 3:4 in other translations
| BSB | He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. |
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| WEB | He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones. |
| ASV | My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. |
| YLT | He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones. |
| DARBY | My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones. |
| BBE | My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken. |
| Webster | My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. |
What does Lamentations 3:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:4-6
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…
Lamentations 3:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:4
- Psalms 51:8
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
- Isaiah 38:13
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Psalms 38:2-8
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. …
- 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.
- Psalms 31:9-10
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
- Psalms 102:3-5
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
- Job 16:8-9
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- Psalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:3
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
- Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
- Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Lamentations 3:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hizo envejecer mi carne y mi piel; quebrantó mis huesos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il a fait vieillir ma chair et ma peau; il a brisé mes os. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er hat verfallen lassen mein Fleisch und meine Haut, meine Gebeine hat er zerschlagen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam; contrivit ossa mea. |