Lamentations 3:20

Lamentations 3:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
• New International Version (NIV)I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My soul still remembers And sinks within me.

Context of Lamentations 3:20

18I said, ‘I’ve lost my strength ⌞to live⌟ and my hope in the Lord.’ 19Remember my suffering and my ⌞aimless⌟ wandering, the wormwood and poison. My soul continues to remember ⌞these things⌟ and is so discouraged. 21“The reason I can ⌞still⌟ find hope is that I keep this one thing in mind: 22the Lord’s mercy. We were not completely wiped out. His compassion is never limited.

Lamentations 3:20 word by word

זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• stillזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• and is humbledשׁוּחַshûach · to sinkH7743

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:20

• Job 21:6When I remember it, I’m terrified, and shuddering seizes my body.
• Psalms 42:5Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him. He is my savior and my God.
• Psalms 43:5Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him. He is my savior and my God.
• Psalms 146:8The Lord gives sight to blind people. The Lord straightens ⌞the backs⌟ of those who are bent over. The Lord loves righteous people.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20By soul - is humbled in me - It is evident that in the preceding verses there is a bitterness of complaint against the bitterness of adversity, that is not becoming to man when under the chastising hand of God; and, while indulging this feeling, all hope fled. Here we find a different feeling; he humbles himself under the mighty hand of God, and then his hope revives, Lamentations 3:21.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. 19-2119-21. This gives the reason why he gave way to the temptation to despair. The Margin, "Remember" does not suit the sense so well. wormwood ... gall--(Jr 9:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:20

• 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