Lamentations 3:6
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Lamentations 3:6 in other translations
| BSB | He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. |
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| WEB | He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead. |
| ASV | He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. |
| YLT | In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old. |
| DARBY | He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead. |
| BBE | He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead. |
| Webster | He hath set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old. |
What does Lamentations 3:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:4-6
4-6. (Job 16:8).
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 3:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:6
- Psalms 88:5-6
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- Psalms 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
- Psalms 143:7
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.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
- Lamentations 3:6
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
- Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Lamentations 3:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Asentóme en oscuridades, como los ya muertos de mucho tiempo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il m’a fait habiter dans des lieux ténébreux, comme ceux qui sont morts depuis longtemps. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er ließ mich wohnen in Finsternissen, gleich den Toten der Urzeit |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In tenebrosis collocavit me, quasi mortuos sempiternos. |