New English Translation
Lamentations 3:16
16He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
Lamentations 3:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
- New International Version (NIV)He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes;
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes.
Context of Lamentations 3:16
14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long. 15He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. ו (Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust. 17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. 18So I said, “My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord.” ז (Zayin)
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:16 word by word
וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:16
- Job 4:10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- Psalms 3:7Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 58:6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
- Proverbs 20:17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
- Matthew 7:9Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- Luke 11:11What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
- Psalms 102:9For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
- Job 2:8Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
- Jeremiah 6:26So I said, “Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”
- Jonah 3:6When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones - What a figure to express disgust, pain, and the consequent incapacity of taking food for the support of life; a man, instead of bread, being obliged to eat small pebbles till all his teeth are broken to pieces by endeavoring to grind them. One can scarcely read this description without feeling the toothache. The next figure is not less expressive. He hath covered me with ashes - באפר הכפישני hichphishani…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.” Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah. Lamentations 3:12 This new…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. 16-1816-18. gravel--referring to the grit that often mixes with bread baked in ashes, as is the custom of baking in the East (Pr 20:17). We fare as hardly as those who eat such bread. The same allusion is in "Covered me with ashes," namely, as bread.Read the comment
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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
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