The Prophet’s Hope
Lamentations 3:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
- KJV
- My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.humbled: Heb. bowed
- WEB
- My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
- ASV
- My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
- LSV
- Remember well, and my soul bows down in me.
- YLT
- Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
- DBY
- My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
- DRC
- Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.
- GNV
- My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
- JPS
- My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
- LXXE
- and my soul shall meditate with me.
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- Written (Ketiv): וְתָשִׁיחַ (“so it may melts away”). Read aloud (Qere): וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ (“so it may bow down”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְתָשֹׁ֥יחַ; read aloud (Qere) reads וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ (“so it may bow down”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר ותשיח עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read aloud as (qere): וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ
- LXX-Br
- καὶ καταδολεσχήσει ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἡ ψυχή μου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PoetryAlphabetDespondencyHumilityLamentations, Book ofMurmuringAfflictions Made BeneficialPoetry, HebrewJudgmentsAcrostic
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 42:5–6Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence. O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land…
- Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Job 21:6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
- Psalms 43:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 146:8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
- Psalms 44:25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
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