Lamentations 3:1

Lamentations 3:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
• New International Version (NIV)I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath;
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

Context of Lamentations 3:1

I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath. 2He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. 3Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.

Lamentations 3:1 word by word

אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• I am the manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Because of the rodשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• of His wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:1

• Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the Lord inflicted on the day of His fierce anger.
• Job 19:21Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.
• Psalms 71:20You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
• Psalms 88:7Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
• Jeremiah 15:17I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone, For You filled me with indignation.
• Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
• Jeremiah 38:6Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1I am the man that hath seen affliction - Either the prophet speaks here of himself, or he is personating his miserable countrymen. This and other passages in this poem have been applied to Jesus Christ's passion; but, in my opinion, without any foundation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1That hath seen affliction - i. e. hath experienced, suffered it.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in God's mercies. Verses 1-20 The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks…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

Topics related to Lamentations 3:1

• 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