Lamentations 3:46

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"All our enemies open their mouths against us;
• New King James Version (NKJV)All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.

Context of Lamentations 3:46

44You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. 45You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction; 48My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:46 word by word

פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• our enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• openedפָּצָהpâtsâh · to openH6475
• their mouthsפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:46

• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it.”
• Exodus 11:7But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even bark, whether against man or beast, that you may understand how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’
• Job 30:9“And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.
• Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people.
• Psalms 44:13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
• Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us.
• Matthew 27:38At that time 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

• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
• Acrostic
• Alphabet
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

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