Lamentations 3:6

Lamentations 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
• New International Version (NIV)He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead.

Context of Lamentations 3:6

4He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones. 5He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe. He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago. 7He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy. 8Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

Lamentations 3:6 word by word

בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath setיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• me in dark placesמַחְשָׁךְmachshâk · darknessH4285
• deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• of oldעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:6

• Psalms 88:5Adrift among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And who are cut off from Your hand.
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in darkness, Like those who have long been dead.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Or, “He hath” made me to dwell “in darkness,” i. e. in Sheol or Hades, “as those” forever “dead.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9Some interpreters understand these verses as a poetic description of Jeremiah’s time in a muddy cistern (a deep water pit) before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 38:6–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. (Job 16:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:6

• 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