Lamentations 3:62

Lamentations 3:62 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
• New International Version (NIV)what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.

Context of Lamentations 3:62

60Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me. 61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me; the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day. 63Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song. 64Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;

Lamentations 3:62 word by word

שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• riseקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:62

• Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?
• Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
• Ezekiel 36:3therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made [you] desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:
• Jeremiah 18:18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:62

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 55-66Verses 55-66 A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lamentations 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psalm 88:6. Some consider that Jeremiah 38:6 note). Lamentations 3:56 Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief. Lamentations 3:58 God now appears as the prophet‘s next of kin, pleading the lawsuits of his soul…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 55-66Verses 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 our sorrows, compared with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 58-66Jerusalem deserved punishment, but the enemies carried it out with undeserved cruelty. The writer calls upon God to punish them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 61-6361-63. their reproach--their reproachful language against me.Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:62

• Prayer

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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