Lamentations 3

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

KJV WEB

1
KJVI am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
WEBI am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2
KJVHe hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
WEBHe has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3
KJVSurely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
WEBSurely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4
KJVMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
WEBHe has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5
KJVHe hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
WEBHe has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6
KJVHe hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
WEBHe has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7
KJVHe hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
WEBHe has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8
KJVAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
WEBYes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9
KJVHe hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
WEBHe has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10
KJVHe was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
WEBHe is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
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KJVHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
WEBHe has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12
KJVHe hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
WEBHe has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13
KJVHe hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
WEBHe has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
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KJVI was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
WEBI have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
15
KJVHe hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
WEBHe has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
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KJVHe hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
WEBHe has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
17
KJVAnd thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
WEBYou have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18
KJVAnd I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
WEBI said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
19
KJVRemembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
WEBRemember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20
KJVMy soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
WEBMy soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21
KJVThis I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
WEBThis I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.
22
KJVIt is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
WEBIt is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.
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KJVThey are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
WEBThey are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
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KJVThe LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
WEB“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
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KJVThe LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
WEBYahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
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KJVIt is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
WEBIt is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
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KJVIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
WEBIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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KJVHe sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
WEBLet him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
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KJVHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
WEBLet him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30
KJVHe giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
WEBLet him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
31
KJVFor the Lord will not cast off for ever:
WEBFor the Lord will not cast off forever.
32
KJVBut though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
WEBFor though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33
KJVFor he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
WEBFor he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34
KJVTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
WEBTo crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35
KJVTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
WEBto turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36
KJVTo subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
WEBto subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
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KJVWho is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
WEBWho is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
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KJVOut of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
WEBDoesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39
KJVWherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
WEBWhy should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40
KJVLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
WEBLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
41
KJVLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
WEBLet’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42
KJVWe have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
WEB“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
43
KJVThou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
WEB“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
44
KJVThou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
WEBYou have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45
KJVThou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
WEBYou have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
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KJVAll our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
WEB“All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47
KJVFear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
WEBTerror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
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KJVMine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
WEBMy eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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KJVMine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
WEBMy eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
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KJVTill the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
WEBuntil Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
51
KJVMine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
WEBMy eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52
KJVMine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
WEBThey have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53
KJVThey have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
WEBThey have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
54
KJVWaters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
WEBWaters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
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KJVI called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
WEBI called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
56
KJVThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
WEBYou heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
57
KJVThou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
WEBYou came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
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KJVO Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
WEBLord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
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KJVO LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
WEBYahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
60
KJVThou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
WEBYou have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
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KJVThou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
WEBYou have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
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KJVThe lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
WEBthe lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
63
KJVBehold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
WEBYou see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
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KJVRender unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
WEBYou will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
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KJVGive them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
WEBYou will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
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KJVPersecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
WEBYou will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

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