Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Lamentations 3:41 in other translations
| BSB | Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: |
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| WEB | Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. |
| ASV | Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. |
| YLT | We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens. |
| DARBY | Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. |
| BBE | Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens. |
| Webster | Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. |
What does Lamentations 3:41 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:40-42
40-42. us--Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity. search--as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:37-41
While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they will be better. We are sinful men, and what we complain of, is far less than our sins deserve. We should complain to God, and not of him. We are apt, in times of calamity, to reflect on other people's ways, and blame them; but our duty is to search and try our own ways, that we may turn…
Lamentations 3:41 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:41
- Psalms 25:1
A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
- Psalms 86:4
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 143:6-8
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
- Psalms 63:4
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
- Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:40
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
- Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
- Lamentations 3:42
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Lamentations 3:41 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Levantemos nuestros corazones con las manos á Dios en los cielos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Élevons nos cœurs avec nos mains vers ✶Dieu dans les cieux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | laßt uns unser Herz samt den Händen erheben zu Gott im Himmel! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in cælos. |