Lamentations 3:3

Lamentations 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
• New International Version (NIV)indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
• English Standard Version (ESV)surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.

Context of Lamentations 3:3

1I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath. 2He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. Surely He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day. 4He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones. 5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:3 word by word

אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Surely against me is he turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• he turnethהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• all the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:3

• Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were delightful and pleasing to the eye; In the tent of the Daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.
• Deuteronomy 29:20the Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
• Job 31:21If I have lifted my hand against the orphan, Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
• Isaiah 1:25And I will turn My hand against you, And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye And remove all your tin (impurity).
• Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled And grieved His Holy Spirit; Therefore He changed into their enemy, And He fought against them.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Is he turned; he turneth - Or, “surely against me” hath he turned “his hand” again and again “all the day long.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-66La 3:1-66. Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should behave under theirs, so as to have hope of a restoration; hence the change from singular to plural (La 3:22, 40-47). The stanzas consist of three lines, each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter. Aleph. 1-3. seen affliction--his own in the dungeon of Malchiah (Jr 38:6); that of his countrymen also in the siege. Both were types of that of…Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings