Lamentations 3 · Verse 63

Lamentations 3:63

Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Lamentations 3:63, King James Version

Lamentations 3:63 in other translations

BSBWhen they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
WEBYou see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
ASVBehold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
YLTTheir sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I am their song.
DARBYBehold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
BBETake note of them when they are seated, and when they get up; I am their song.
WebsterBehold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.

What does Lamentations 3:63 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:61-63

61-63. their reproach--their reproachful language against me.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:55-66

Faith comes off conqueror, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life. He silenced their fears, and quieted their spirits. Thou saidst, Fear not. This was the language of God's grace, by the witness of his Spirit with their spirits. And what are all…

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Lamentations 3:63 in the original Hebrew

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שִׁבְתָּ֤םshiv.Tamsitting theirH7675
וְקִֽימָתָם֙ve.ki.ma.Tamand rising theirH7012
הַבִּ֔יטָהha.Bi.tahlook at !H5027
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
מַנְגִּינָתָֽם\׃\ \סman.gi.na.Tam[am] mocking song theirH4485

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

Cross references for Lamentations 3:63

  • Psalms 139:2

    Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

  • Lamentations 3:14

    I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

  • Job 30:9

    And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
their sitting.
Ps 139:2
I am.
14; Job 30:9

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Context

  • Lamentations 3:62

    The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

  • Lamentations 3:63

    Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

  • Lamentations 3:64

    Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

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Lamentations 3:63 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Su sentarse, y su levantarse mira: yo soy su canción.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Regarde quand ils s’asseyent et quand ils se lèvent: je suis leur chanson.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Schaue an ihr Sitzen und ihr Aufstehen! ich bin ihr Saitenspiel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide; ego sum psalmus eorum.