Lamentations 3:4

Lamentations 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
• New International Version (NIV)He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.

Context of Lamentations 3:4

2He has led me into the dark. There is no light, so I cannot see the right way. 3He is completely against me. He causes me trouble all the time. God has caused my skin and my whole body to become old. He has broken my bones. 5He has fought against me from every side. He caused much trouble for me, so that I am very sad. 6He has brought me to this dark place. So I am like a person who has been dead for a long time.

Lamentations 3:4 word by word

בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and my skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• hath he made oldבָּלָהbâlâh · to become oldH1086
• he hath brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:4

• Job 16:8You have taken hold of me. Because of my troubles, people think that I am guilty. Because my body is so thin, people think that I have done bad things.
• Psalms 31:9Lord, I am very upset, so please be kind to me. My eyes are tired because I weep so much. My whole body has become very weak.
• Psalms 32:3When I said nothing to God about my sin, my whole body became weak. I cried all the time because of the pain.
• Psalms 38:2You have shot your arrows deep into me. Your hand has pushed me down to the ground.
• Psalms 102:3My life is quickly disappearing, like smoke from a fire. My bones hurt very much, as if they were burning in an oven.
• Psalms 22:14My strength has gone, like water that is poured away. My bones do not join together properly. I feel weak inside and hope has disappeared.
• Psalms 51:8Please forgive me so that I can be happy. Then my whole body will feel well again.
• Isaiah 38:13I waited until morning would come. It seemed like God was breaking all my bones, like a lion does. As quickly as day becomes night, God brings my life to an end.
• Jeremiah 50:17‘Israel's enemies have chased them away to many different places. They are like sheep that hungry lions have chased away. The first to catch them was the king of Assyria. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon destroyed them, like a lion that broke their bones.’

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Made old - Or, wasted: his strength slowly wasted as he pined away in sorrow. He hath broken my bones - This clause completes the representation of the sufferer‘s physical agonies. Here the idea is that of acute pain.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. 4-64-6. (Job 16:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency

In the dictionaries

• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
• Acrostic
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• Bone; Bones
• Lamentations, Book of

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