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 King James Version (NKJV)He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.

Context of Lamentations 3:6

4He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. 5He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress. He 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. 8And though I cry and shout, he has shut out my prayers.

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 88:5They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
• Psalms 143:3My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.

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