English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:46
46"All our enemies open their mouths against us;
Lamentations 3:46 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
- New International Version (NIV)“All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“All our enemies have spoken out against us.
Context of Lamentations 3:46
44you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. 45You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples. "All our enemies open their mouths against us; 47panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction; 48my eyes flow with rivers of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:46 word by word
פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:46
- Lamentations 2:16All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: "We have swallowed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!"
- Exodus 11:7But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.'
- Job 30:9"And now I have become their song; I am a byword to them.
- Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
- Psalms 44:13You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
- Matthew 27:38Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:46
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-4846-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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