Lamentations 3:2

Lamentations 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He has led me into darkness, shutting out all light.

Context of Lamentations 3:2

1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. He 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. 4He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:2 word by word

אוֹתִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath ledנָהַגnâhag · to leadH5090
• me, and broughtיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:2

• Lamentations 3:53They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
• Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
• Deuteronomy 28:29At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.
• Job 18:18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.
• Job 30:26Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
• Isaiah 59:9So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
• Amos 5:18Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He hath - brought me into darkness - In the sacred writings, darkness is often taken for calamity, light, for prosperity.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 3:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Darkness
• 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