Lamentations 3:3

Lamentations 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
• New International Version (NIV)indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
• English Standard Version (ESV)surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.

Context of Lamentations 3:3

1I am the strong man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. 2He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not light. Surely, He has turned His hand against me again and again all day long. 4He made my flesh and my skin waste away, broken my bones. 5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:3 word by word

אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Surely against me is he turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• he turnethהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• all the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:3

• Lamentations 2:4He bent His bow like an enemy, set His right hand like a foe, and killed all those pleasant to the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.
• Deuteronomy 29:20Adonai will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for ­calamity, according to all the oaths of the covenant written in this scroll of the Torah.
• Job 31:21if I have raised my hand against the orphan, when I saw my support in the gate,
• Isaiah 1:25Then I will turn My hand on you, purge away your dross, and remove all your alloy.
• Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and grieved His Ruach ha-Kodesh. So He turned to become their enemy. He Himself fought against them.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Is he turned; he turneth - Or, “surely against me” hath he turned “his hand” again and again “all the day long.”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. 1-66La 3:1-66. Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should behave under theirs, so as to have hope of a restoration; hence the change from singular to plural (La 3:22, 40-47). The stanzas consist of three lines, each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter. Aleph. 1-3. seen affliction--his own in the dungeon of Malchiah (Jr 38:6); that of his countrymen also in the siege. Both were types of that of…Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Wicked (People)

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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