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New King James Version

Lamentations 3:3

Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout 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.
Darby Translation
Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the 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 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 who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. 2 He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. 3 Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day. 4 He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones. 5 He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe. 6 He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago. 7 He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy. 8 Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer. 9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. 10 He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

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
Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you."
Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in a dream, "Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
1 Chronicles 16:22
Saying, "Do not touch My anointed ones,And do My prophets no harm." 1 Chronicles 16:8-22 with Psalms 105:1-15 ">[fn]
Job 1:11
But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!"
Job 2:5
But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!"
Job 19:21
"Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me!
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things of which you wrote 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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