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Lamentations 3:20
I remember it always, and my soul bows down within me.
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Christian Standard Bible®
I continually remember themand have become depressed.
I continually remember themand have become depressed.
Hebrew Names Version
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
King James Version
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
English Standard Version
My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.
My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.
New American Standard Bible
My soul certainly remembers, And is bent over within me.
My soul certainly remembers, And is bent over within me.
New Century Version
Please remember me and think about me.
Please remember me and think about me.
Amplified Bible
My soul continually remembers them And is bowed down within me.
My soul continually remembers them And is bowed down within me.
World English Bible
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me.
Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Surely my soul remembersAnd is bowed down within me.
Surely my soul remembersAnd is bowed down within me.
Berean Standard Bible
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
Contemporary English Version
That's all I ever think about, and I am depressed.
That's all I ever think about, and I am depressed.
Complete Jewish Bible
They are always on my mind; this is why I am so depressed.
They are always on my mind; this is why I am so depressed.
Darby Translation
My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Easy-to-Read Version
I remember well all my troubles, and I am very sad.
I remember well all my troubles, and I am very sad.
George Lamsa Translation
Remember and restore my life.
Remember and restore my life.
Good News Translation
I think of it constantly, and my spirit is depressed.
I think of it constantly, and my spirit is depressed.
Lexham English Bible
Surely my soul remembers and bows down within me.
Surely my soul remembers and bows down within me.
Literal Translation
My soul vividly remembers and bows down on me.
My soul vividly remembers and bows down on me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee thou shalt remebre them, for my soule melteth awaye in me.
Yee thou shalt remebre them, for my soule melteth awaye in me.
American Standard Version
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
Bible in Basic English
My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
King James Version (1611)
My soule hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
My soule hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea thou shalt remember them, for my soule melteth away in me.
Yea thou shalt remember them, for my soule melteth away in me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and my soul shall meditate with me.
and my soul shall meditate with me.
English Revised Version
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me.
Zai. Bi mynde Y schal be myndeful; and my soule schal faile in me.
Update Bible Version
My soul has them still in remembrance, and is bowed down inside me.
My soul has them still in remembrance, and is bowed down inside me.
Webster's Bible Translation
My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
New English Translation
I continually think about this, and I am depressed.
I continually think about this, and I am depressed.
New King James Version
My soul still remembers And sinks within me.
My soul still remembers And sinks within me.
New Living Translation
I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
New Revised Standard
My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou wilt, indeed remember, that, bowed down concerning myself, is my soul;
Thou wilt, indeed remember, that, bowed down concerning myself, is my soul;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.
Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me.
Revised Standard Version
My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me.
Young's Literal Translation
Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
Contextual Overview
1 I am the man who has been suffering because of the power of God's anger. 2 He has led me and brought me into darkness and not into light. 3 For sure He has turned His hand against me again and again all day long. 4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones. 5 He has shut me in with trouble and suffering. 6 He has made me live in dark places, like those who have been dead a long time. 7 He has put a wall around me so that I cannot go out. He has put heavy chains on me. 8 Even when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. 9 He has stopped me with blocks of stone. He has made my paths no longer straight. 10 He is like a bear lying in wait, like a lion hiding in secret places.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hath: Job 21:6
humbled: Heb. bowed, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:6, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 43:5, Psalms 146:8
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 16:12 - General Job 23:2 - my complaint Psalms 102:4 - heart Matthew 5:23 - rememberest
Cross-References
Genesis 2:20
Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field. But there was no helper found that was right for Adam.
Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field. But there was no helper found that was right for Adam.
Genesis 2:23
The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
Genesis 5:29
He gave him the name Noah. He said, "This one will give us rest from our work, from the hard work of our hands because the ground was cursed by the Lord."
He gave him the name Noah. He said, "This one will give us rest from our work, from the hard work of our hands because the ground was cursed by the Lord."
Genesis 16:11
The angel of the Lord also said to her, "See, you are going to have a child. And you will give birth to a son. You will give him the name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard how you have suffered.
The angel of the Lord also said to her, "See, you are going to have a child. And you will give birth to a son. You will give him the name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard how you have suffered.
Genesis 35:18
As Rachel's soul was leaving, for she died, she gave him the name Benoni. But his father gave him the name Benjamin.
As Rachel's soul was leaving, for she died, she gave him the name Benoni. But his father gave him the name Benjamin.
Exodus 2:10
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter. And he became her son. She gave him the name Moses, saying, "Because I took him out of the water."
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter. And he became her son. She gave him the name Moses, saying, "Because I took him out of the water."
1 Samuel 1:20
The Lord made it possible for her to have a child, and when the time came she gave birth to a son. She gave him the name Samuel, saying, "I have asked the Lord for him."
The Lord made it possible for her to have a child, and when the time came she gave birth to a son. She gave him the name Samuel, saying, "I have asked the Lord for him."
Matthew 1:21
A Son will be born to her. You will give Him the name Jesus because He will save His people from the punishment of their sins."
A Son will be born to her. You will give Him the name Jesus because He will save His people from the punishment of their sins."
Matthew 1:23
He said, "The young woman, who has never had a man, will give birth to a Son. They will give Him the name Immanuel. This means God with us."
He said, "The young woman, who has never had a man, will give birth to a Son. They will give Him the name Immanuel. This means God with us."
Acts 17:26
He made from one blood all nations who live on the earth. He set the times and places where they should live.
He made from one blood all nations who live on the earth. He set the times and places where they should live.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My soul hath [them] still in remembrance,.... That is, according to our version, affliction and misery, compared to wormwood and gall: but the words, "my soul", are fetched from the next clause, where they ought to stand, and this to be rendered, "in remembering thou wilt remember" t; or, "thou wilt surely remember", and so expresses the confidence of the prophet, and his firm belief, his faith and hope increasing in prayer, that God would in much mercy remember his people, and their afflictions, and save them out of them:
and is humbled in me; both under the afflicting hand of God, and in view and hope of his mercy: though rather it should be rendered, "and" or "for my soul meditateth within me" u; says or suggests such things to me, that God will in wrath remember mercy; see Psalms 77:7. So Jarchi makes mention of a Midrash, that interprets it of his soul's waiting till the time that God remembers.
t זכור תזכור "recordando recordaberis", Luther, Michaelis. u ותשיח עלי נפשי "meditatur apud me anima mea", Junius Tremellius "et animo meo meditor", Castalio.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. By soul - is humbled in me. — It is evident that in the preceding verses there is a bitterness of complaint against the bitterness of adversity, that is not becoming to man when under the chastising hand of God; and, while indulging this feeling, all hope fled. Here we find a different feeling; he humbles himself under the mighty hand of God, and then his hope revives, Lamentations 3:21.
