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

18So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the Lord.” 19Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me. 21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.

Lamentations 3:20 word by word

זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

• Surelyזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• bowedשׁוּחַshûach · to sinkH7743
• withinעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:20

• Job 21:6Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
• Psalms 42:5Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.
• Psalms 43:5Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
• Psalms 146:8The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises up those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous;

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