Lamentations 3:46

Lamentations 3:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
• New International Version (NIV)“All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"All our enemies open their mouths against us;
• New King James Version (NKJV)All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.

Context of Lamentations 3:46

44You shrouded Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. 45You have made us scum and refuse in the midst of the peoples. All our enemies opened their mouth wide against us. 47Panic and pitfall have befallen us, devastation and destruction. 48Streams of tears run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:46 word by word

פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All our enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• have openedפָּצָהpâtsâh · to openH6475
• their mouthsפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:46

• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies opened their mouth wide against you; they hissed and gnashed their teeth, and say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it!”
• Exodus 11:7But not so much as a dog will growl against any of Bnei-Yisrael, neither man nor beast—so that you may know that Adonai makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
• Job 30:9“So now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword to them.
• Psalms 22:6They cried to you and were delivered. In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.
• Psalms 44:13You are selling Your people cheaply— not even getting a great price for them.
• Psalms 79:4We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
• Matthew 27:38Then two outlaws were executed with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:46

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 46-4846-48. Pe is put before Ain (La 3:43, 46), as in La 2:16, 17; 4:16, 17. (La 2:16.)Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Chain
• Derision
• Grieve
• Imagination
• Offscouring
• Poetry
• Acrostic
• Alphabet
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

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