The Prophet’s Afflictions
Lamentations 3:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
- KJV
- He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
- 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.
- LSV
- In dark places He has caused me to dwell, || As the dead of old.
- YLT
- In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
- DBY
- He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
- DRC
- Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.
- GNV
- He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
- JPS
- He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
- LXXE
- He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- ἐν σκοτεινοῖς ἐκάθισέ με ὡς νεκροὺς αἰῶνος.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PoetryAlphabetDespondencyLamentations, Book ofMurmuringPoetry, HebrewJudgmentsAcrosticWarAfflictions and Adversities
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 88:5–6I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).