Lamentations 3:13

Lamentations 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
• New International Version (NIV)He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.

Context of Lamentations 3:13

11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate. 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins. 14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. 15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:13 word by word

הֵבִיא֙ בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔י בְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• quiverאַשְׁפָּה'ashpâh · quiverH827

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The arrows of his quiver - אשפתו בני beney ashpatho, "The sons of his quiver." The issue or effect; the subject, adjunct, or accident, or produce of a thing, is frequently denominated its son or child. So arrows that issue from a quiver are here termed the sons of the quiver.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.” Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah. Lamentations 3:12 This new…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. 10-1310-13. (Job 10:16; Ho 13:7, 8).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Arrow
• Despondency

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• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
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• Archery

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