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 led me into darkness, shutting out all light. 3He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. 5He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress. 6He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead.

Lamentations 3:4 word by word

בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and my skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• hath he made oldבָּלָהbâlâh · to become oldH1086
• he hath brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:4

• Job 16:8As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones. My gaunt flesh testifies against me.
• Psalms 31:9Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away.
• Psalms 32:3When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.
• Psalms 38:2Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me.
• Psalms 102:3For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
• Psalms 22:14My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.
• Psalms 51:8Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice.
• Isaiah 38:13I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over.
• Jeremiah 50:17“The Israelites are like sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the king of Assyria ate them up. Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cracked their bones.”

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
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• Grieve
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• Offscouring
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• Acrostic
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• Bone; Bones
• 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