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Friday, September 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:6
he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He has made me dwell in darknesslike those who have been dead for ages.
He has made me dwell in darknesslike those who have been dead for ages.
Hebrew Names Version
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
New American Standard Bible
He has made me live in dark places, Like those who have long been dead.
He has made me live in dark places, Like those who have long been dead.
New Century Version
He made me sit in the dark, like those who have been dead a long time.
He made me sit in the dark, like those who have been dead a long time.
Amplified Bible
He has made me live in dark places Like those who have long been dead.
He has made me live in dark places Like those who have long been dead.
World English Bible
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.
In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.
Legacy Standard Bible
Dark places He has made me inhabit,Like those who have long been dead.
Dark places He has made me inhabit,Like those who have long been dead.
Berean Standard Bible
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
Contemporary English Version
he forced me to sit in the dark like someone long dead.
he forced me to sit in the dark like someone long dead.
Complete Jewish Bible
He has made me live in darkness, like those who are long dead.
He has made me live in darkness, like those who are long dead.
Darby Translation
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
Easy-to-Read Version
He put me in the dark, like someone who died long ago.
He put me in the dark, like someone who died long ago.
George Lamsa Translation
He has made me to dwell in darkness, like a dead man for ever.
He has made me to dwell in darkness, like a dead man for ever.
Good News Translation
He has forced me to live in the stagnant darkness of death.
He has forced me to live in the stagnant darkness of death.
Lexham English Bible
In darkness he has let me dwell like the dead of long ago.
In darkness he has let me dwell like the dead of long ago.
Literal Translation
He has made me live in dark places like the dead of old.
He has made me live in dark places like the dead of old.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He hath set me in darcknesse, as they that be deed for euer.
He hath set me in darcknesse, as they that be deed for euer.
American Standard Version
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Bible in Basic English
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
King James Version (1611)
He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead of old.
He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead of old.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer.
He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
English Revised Version
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Beth. He settide me in derk places, as euerlastynge deed men.
Beth. He settide me in derk places, as euerlastynge deed men.
Update Bible Version
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
He hath set me in dark places, as [they that are] dead of old.
He hath set me in dark places, as [they that are] dead of old.
New English Translation
He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
New King James Version
He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.
He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.
New Living Translation
He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead.
He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead.
New Life Bible
He has made me live in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time.
He has made me live in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time.
New Revised Standard
he has made me sit in darkness like the dead of long ago.
he has made me sit in darkness like the dead of long ago.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In dark places, hath he made me sit, like the dead of age-past times.
In dark places, hath he made me sit, like the dead of age-past times.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.
Beth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.
Revised Standard Version
he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
Young's Literal Translation
In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
Contextual Overview
1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; 2 he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; 3 surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. 4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones; 5 he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; 6 he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago. 7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy; 8 though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; 9 he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked. 10 He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
in dark: Psalms 88:5, Psalms 88:6, Psalms 143:3, Psalms 143:7
Reciprocal: Psalms 107:10 - bound Isaiah 59:10 - in desolate Ezekiel 26:20 - in places
Cross-References
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
Genesis 39:7
And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."
And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."
Joshua 7:21
when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath."
when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He hath set me in dark places,.... In the dark house of the prison, as the Targum; in the dark dungeon where the prophet was put; or the captivity in which the Jews were, and which was like the dark grave or state of the dead; and hence they are said to be in their graves, Ezekiel 37:12. Christ was laid in the dark grave literally:
as [they that be] dead of old: that have been long dead, and are forgotten, as if they had never been; see Psalms 88:5; or, "as the dead of the world" f, or age; who, being dead, are gone out of the world, and no more in it. The Targum is,
"as the dead who go into another world.''
f כמתי עולם ως νεκρους αιωνος, Sept. "quasi mortuos seculi", Montanus, Calvin.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Or, “He hath” made me to dwell “in darkness,” i. e. in Sheol or Hades, “as those” forever “dead.”
