Lamentations 3:6

Lamentations 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
• New International Version (NIV)He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.

Context of Lamentations 3:6

4God 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. He has brought me to this dark place. So I am like a person who has been dead for a long time. 7It is as if God has built high walls round me, and I cannot go out. My troubles are very bad. They hold me down like heavy chains. 8I shout and I pray for help, but God does not listen.

Lamentations 3:6 word by word

בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath setיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• me in dark placesמַחְשָׁךְmachshâk · darknessH4285
• deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• of oldעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:6

• Psalms 88:5I am the same as people who have died. Their bodies already lie in their graves. You do not remember them any more You cannot use your power to help them.
• Psalms 143:3My enemies are chasing me. They knock me down to the ground. They make me live in dark places, like people who have been dead for a long time.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Or, “He hath” made me to dwell “in darkness,” i. e. in Sheol or Hades, “as those” forever “dead.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9Some interpreters understand these verses as a poetic description of Jeremiah’s time in a muddy cistern (a deep water pit) before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 38:6–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. (Job 16:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency

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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