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The Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:3

Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Despondency;   Wicked (People);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judgments;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Lamentations, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yes, he repeatedly turns his handagainst me all day long.
Hebrew Names Version
Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
King James Version
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
English Standard Version
surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
New American Standard Bible
Indeed, He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.
New Century Version
He turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
Amplified Bible
Surely He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.
World English Bible
Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.
Legacy Standard Bible
Surely against me He has turned His handRepeatedly all the day.
Berean Standard Bible
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
Contemporary English Version
I am the only one he punishes over and over again, without ever stopping.
Complete Jewish Bible
Against me alone he turns his hand again and again, all day.
Easy-to-Read Version
He turned his hand against me. He did this again and again, all day.
George Lamsa Translation
But surely is he turned against me, he turns his hand against me all the day.
Good News Translation
And beat me again and again with merciless blows.
Lexham English Bible
Surely he has turned his hand against me, all day long.
Literal Translation
Surely He turned against me; He turns His hand all the day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Agaynst me only he turneth his honde, & layeth it euer vpon me.
American Standard Version
Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Bible in Basic English
Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
King James Version (1611)
Surely against me is he turned, he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Against me is he turned, he turneth his hande dayly against me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day.
English Revised Version
Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Aleph. Oneli he turnede in to me, and turnede togidere his hond al dai.
Update Bible Version
Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
Webster's Bible Translation
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.
New English Translation
He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
New King James Version
Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.
New Living Translation
He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
New Life Bible
For sure He has turned His hand against me again and again all day long.
New Revised Standard
against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Surely, against me, doth he again and again, turn his hand all the day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.
Revised Standard Version
surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long.
Young's Literal Translation
Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.

Contextual Overview

1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light. 3 Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil. 6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead. 7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. 8 Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lamentations 2:4-7, Deuteronomy 29:20, Job 31:21, Isaiah 1:25, Isaiah 63:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 7:4 - that I Job 9:18 - will not Job 16:14 - breaketh Jeremiah 6:12 - I will Ezekiel 5:8 - even I

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.
1 Chronicles 16:22
[Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
Job 1:11
But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
Job 2:5
but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.
1 Corinthians 7:1
But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Surely against me is he turned,.... As an enemy, who used to be a friend; he has so altered and changed the course of his providence, as if his favour and affections were wholly removed; he has planted his artillery against me, and made me the butt of his arrows: or, "only against me"; so Jarchi; as if he was the only person, or the Jews the only people, so afflicted of God:

he turneth his hand [against me] all the day; to smite with one blow after another, and that continually, without ceasing; so the hand of justice was turned upon Christ, as the surety of his people, and he was smitten and stricken of God; while the hand of grace and mercy was turned upon them; see Zechariah 13:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is he turned; he turneth - Or, “surely against me” hath he turned “his hand” again and again “all the day long.”


 
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