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Lamentations 3:4
ב (Bet)
He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes • Barnes' Bible Notes
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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.
King James Version (1611)
My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, 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 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
א (Alef)
I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath. 2 He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light. 3 He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long. 4ב (Bet)
He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones. 5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship. 6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. 7ג (Gimel)
He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. 8 Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. 9 He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable. 10ד (Dalet)
To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.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
So the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman replied, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate."
So the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman replied, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate."
Deuteronomy 29:19
When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.
When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.
2 Kings 1:4
Therefore this is what the Lord says, "You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!"'" So Elijah went on his way.
Therefore this is what the Lord says, "You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!"'" So Elijah went on his way.
2 Kings 1:6
They replied, "A man came up to meet us. He told us, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: "You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die."'"
They replied, "A man came up to meet us. He told us, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: "You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die."'"
2 Kings 1:16
Elijah said to the king, "This is what the Lord says, ‘You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.'"
Elijah said to the king, "This is what the Lord says, ‘You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.'"
2 Kings 8:10
Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,' but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die."
Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,' but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die."
Psalms 10:11
He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."
He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."
2 Corinthians 2:11
so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into 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.
