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

4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. 8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Lamentations 3:6 word by word

בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• 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 88:5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long 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