English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:3
3surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
Context of Lamentations 3:3
1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; 2he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. 4He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones; 5he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:3 word by word
אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:3
- Lamentations 2:4He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.
- Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
- Job 31:21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
- Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself 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
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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
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