Lamentations 3:5

Lamentations 3:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
• New International Version (NIV)He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

Context of Lamentations 3:5

3He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. 4He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress. 6He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead. 7He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains.

Lamentations 3:5 word by word

בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath builded againstבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• me, and compassedנָקַףnâqaph · to surroundH5362
• with gallרֹאשׁrô'sh rôsh · poisonH7219
• and travailתְּלָאָהtelâ'âh · hardshipH8513

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:5

• Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains.
• Job 19:8God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness.
• Lamentations 3:19The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.
• Psalms 69:21But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
• Jeremiah 8:14“Then the people will say, ‘Why should we wait here to die? Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there. For the Lord our God has decreed our destruction and has given us a cup of poison to drink because we sinned against the Lord.
• Jeremiah 9:15So now, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Look! I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink.
• Jeremiah 23:15Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them with bitterness and give them poison to drink. For it is because of Jerusalem’s prophets that wickedness has filled this land.”

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He hath builded against me - Perhaps there is a reference here to the mounds and ramparts raised by the Chaldeans in order to take the city.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He hath builded … - The metaphor is taken from the operations in a siege. Gall and travail - Or “travail;” i. e. bitterness and weariness (through toil).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 3:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Pain

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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