Lamentations 3:4

Lamentations 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
• New International Version (NIV)He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.

Context of Lamentations 3:4

2He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. 3Indeed, He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day. He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones. 5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6He has made me live in dark places, Like those who have long been dead.

Lamentations 3:4 word by word

בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• He has consumedבָּלָהbâlâh · to become oldH1086
• fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and my skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:4

• Job 16:8And You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my infirmity rises up against me, It testifies to my face.
• Psalms 31:9Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body too.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.
• Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Psalms 102:3For my days have ended in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
• Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness, Let the bones You have broken rejoice.
• Isaiah 38:13I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion--so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.
• Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has gnawed his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Made old - Or, wasted: his strength slowly wasted as he pined away in sorrow. He hath broken my bones - This clause completes the representation of the sufferer‘s physical agonies. Here the idea is that of acute pain.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. 4-64-6. (Job 16:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency

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• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
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• Acrostic
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• Lamentations, Book of

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