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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I am the one who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of the Lord’s anger.

Context of Lamentations 3:1

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. 2He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; 3indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.

Lamentations 3:1 word by word

אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• hath seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• by the rodשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• of his wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:1

• Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of his fierce anger?
• Job 19:21“Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
• Psalms 71:20Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
• Psalms 88:7Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
• Jeremiah 15:17I never sat in the company of revelers, never made merry with them; I sat alone because your hand was on me and you had filled me with indignation.
• Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down 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