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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He has worn away my flesh and skin;he has broken my bones.
He has worn away my flesh and skin;he has broken my bones.
Hebrew Names Version
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
English Standard Version
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
New American Standard Bible
He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones.
He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones.
New Century Version
He wore out my flesh and skin and broke my bones.
He wore out my flesh and skin and broke my bones.
Amplified Bible
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.
World English Bible
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
Legacy Standard Bible
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has broken my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has broken my bones.
Berean Standard Bible
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
Contemporary English Version
God caused my skin and flesh to waste away, and he crushed my bones.
God caused my skin and flesh to waste away, and he crushed my bones.
Complete Jewish Bible
He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.
He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.
Darby Translation
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
Easy-to-Read Version
He wore out my flesh and skin. He broke my bones.
He wore out my flesh and skin. He broke my bones.
George Lamsa Translation
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Good News Translation
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.
Lexham English Bible
He has worn out my flesh and skin, he has broken my bones.
He has worn out my flesh and skin, he has broken my bones.
Literal Translation
He has wasted my flesh and my skin. He has shattered my bones.
He has wasted my flesh and my skin. He has shattered my bones.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My flesh & my skynne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he brussed.
My flesh & my skynne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he brussed.
American Standard Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Bible in Basic English
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised.
My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
English Revised Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.
Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.
Update Bible Version
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Webster's Bible Translation
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
New English Translation
ב (Bet)
He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.New King James Version
He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
New Living Translation
He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.
He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.
New Life Bible
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
New Revised Standard
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
Revised Standard Version
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
Young's Literal Translation
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
THE MESSAGE
He turned me into a scarecrow of skin and bones, then broke the bones. He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times. He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin.
He turned me into a scarecrow of skin and bones, then broke the bones. He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times. He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin.
Contextual Overview
1 I Am the man that hath seene affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me and brought mee into darkenesse, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned, he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and trauel. 6 He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: hee hath made my chaine heauie. 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 Hee hath inclosed my wayes with hewen stone: he hath made my pathes crooked. 10 He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My flesh: Job 16:8, Job 16:9, Psalms 31:9, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 38:2-8, Psalms 102:3-5
he hath: Psalms 22:14, Psalms 51:8, Isaiah 38:13, Jeremiah 50:17
Reciprocal: Job 16:12 - broken me Job 19:20 - and I am Job 30:30 - my skin Lamentations 5:10 - skin
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said vnto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.
And the LORD God said vnto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.
Deuteronomy 29:19
And it come to passe when he heareth the wordes of this curse, that hee blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, though I walke in the imagination of mine heart, to adde drunkennesse to thirst:
And it come to passe when he heareth the wordes of this curse, that hee blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, though I walke in the imagination of mine heart, to adde drunkennesse to thirst:
2 Kings 1:4
Now therefore, thus sayeth the Lord, Thou shalt not come downe from that bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt surely die. And Eliiah departed.
Now therefore, thus sayeth the Lord, Thou shalt not come downe from that bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt surely die. And Eliiah departed.
2 Kings 1:6
And they said vnto him, There came a man vp to meet vs, and said vnto vs, Goe, turne againe vnto the king that sent you, and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come downe from that bedde on which thou art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
And they said vnto him, There came a man vp to meet vs, and said vnto vs, Goe, turne againe vnto the king that sent you, and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come downe from that bedde on which thou art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings 1:16
And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron (is it not because there is no God in Israel, to enquire of his word?) therefore thou shalt not come downe off that bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron (is it not because there is no God in Israel, to enquire of his word?) therefore thou shalt not come downe off that bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said vnto him, Goe, say vnto him, Thou mayest certeinly recouer: howbeit, the Lord hath shewed me, that he shall surely die.
And Elisha said vnto him, Goe, say vnto him, Thou mayest certeinly recouer: howbeit, the Lord hath shewed me, that he shall surely die.
Psalms 10:11
Hee hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face, hee will neuer see it.
Hee hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face, hee will neuer see it.
2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan should get an aduantage of vs: for wee are not ignorant of his deuices.
Lest Satan should get an aduantage of vs: for wee are not ignorant of his deuices.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I feare lest by any meanes, as the Serpent beguiled Eue through his subtilty, so your mindes should bee corrupted from the simplicitie that is in Christ.
But I feare lest by any meanes, as the Serpent beguiled Eue through his subtilty, so your mindes should bee corrupted from the simplicitie that is in Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceiued, but the woman being deceiued was in the transgression:
And Adam was not deceiued, but the woman being deceiued was in the transgression:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My flesh and my skin hath he made old,.... His flesh with blows, and his skin with smiting, as the Targum; his flesh was so emaciated, and his skin so withered and wrinkled, that he looked like an old man; as our Lord, when little more than thirty years of age, what with his sorrows and troubles, looked like one about fifty:
he hath broken my bones; that is, his strength was greatly weakened, which lay in his bones; and he could not stir to help himself, any more than a man whose bones are broken; and was in as much pain and distress as if this had been his case; otherwise it was not literally true, either of the Jews, or of Jeremiah, or of Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Made old - Or, wasted: his strength slowly wasted as he pined away in sorrow.
He hath broken my bones - This clause completes the representation of the sufferer’s physical agonies. Here the idea is that of acute pain.
