Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead. New Living Translation He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead. English Standard Version he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago. Berean Standard Bible He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. King James Bible He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. New King James Version He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago. New American Standard Bible He has made me live in dark places, Like those who have long been dead. NASB 1995 In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead. NASB 1977 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. Amplified Bible He has made me live in dark places Like those who have long been dead. Christian Standard Bible He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages. Holman Christian Standard Bible He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages. American Standard Version He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. Contemporary English Version he forced me to sit in the dark like someone long dead. English Revised Version He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. GOD'S WORD® Translation He has made me live in darkness, like those who died a long time ago. Good News Translation He has forced me to live in the stagnant darkness of death. International Standard Version He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead. Majority Standard Bible He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. NET Bible He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. New Heart English Bible He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead. Webster's Bible Translation He hath set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old. World English Bible He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIn dark places He has caused me to dwell, "" As the dead of old. Young's Literal Translation In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old. Smith's Literal Translation He caused me to dwell in darknesses as the dead of old. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBeth. He hath set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever. Catholic Public Domain Version BETH. He has gathered me into darkness, like those who are forever dead. New American Bible He has left me to dwell in dark places like those long dead. New Revised Standard Version he has made me sit in darkness like the dead of long ago. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe has made me to dwell in darkness, like a dead man for ever. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In darkness he made me dwell like the dead for eternity OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He hath made me to dwell in dark places, As those that have been long dead. Brenton Septuagint Translation He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. 7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.… Cross References Psalm 143:3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead. Isaiah 59:9-10 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. / Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead. Job 30:26-28 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell. / I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me. / I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help. Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness. Psalm 88:6 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Isaiah 42:7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house. Job 19:8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness. Psalm 107:10-14 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, / because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. / He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. ... Isaiah 9:2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned. Matthew 4:16 the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.” Luke 1:79 to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’ Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, Treasury of Scripture He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. in dark Psalm 88:5,6 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand… Psalm 143:3,7 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead… Jump to Previous Ago Caused Dark Darkness Dead Dwell Kept PlacesJump to Next Ago Caused Dark Darkness Dead Dwell Kept PlacesLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies He has made me dwell The phrase "He has made me dwell" suggests a sense of divine orchestration in the circumstances faced by the speaker. The Hebrew root for "dwell" is "yashab," which often implies settling or abiding in a place. In the context of Lamentations, this dwelling is not voluntary but imposed, indicating a period of trial or judgment. Historically, this reflects the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites were forcibly settled in a foreign land. Spiritually, it can be seen as a time of reflection and repentance, where God allows His people to experience hardship to bring them back to Him. in darkness like those long dead Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He has made me dwellהוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי (hō·wō·šî·ḇa·nî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in darkness בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים (bə·ma·ḥă·šak·kîm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4285: Darkness, a dark place like those dead כְּמֵתֵ֥י (kə·mê·ṯê) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 4191: To die, to kill for ages. עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always Links Lamentations 3:6 NIVLamentations 3:6 NLT Lamentations 3:6 ESV Lamentations 3:6 NASB Lamentations 3:6 KJV Lamentations 3:6 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:6 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:6 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:6 French Bible Lamentations 3:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:6 He has made me to dwell (Lam. La Lm) |
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