Lamentations 3:40
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Let us examine
נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה (naḥ·pə·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2664: 1) to search, search for, to search out, disguise oneself 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search for 1a2) to think out, devise 1a3) to search, test 1b) (Niphal) to be searched out, be exposed 1c) (Piel) to search, search through, search for 1d) (Pual) to be searched for, be sought out 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to disguise oneself 1e2) to let oneself be searched for

and test
וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה (wə·naḥ·qō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2713: 1) to search, search for, search out, examine, investigate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to search (for) 1a2) to search through, explore 1a3) to examine thoroughly 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out, be found out, be ascertained, be examined 1c) (Piel) to search out, seek out

our ways,
דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ (ḏə·rā·ḵê·nū)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1870: 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

and turn back
וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה (wə·nā·šū·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.

King James Bible
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.

New Living Translation
Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the LORD.

English Standard Version
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!

New American Standard Bible
Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.

King James Bible
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

International Standard Version
Let us examine our lifestyles, putting them to the test, and turn back to the LORD.

NET Bible
Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD.

American Standard Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

English Revised Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
















Cross References
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Psalm 119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Psalm 139:24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 3:39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Lamentations 3:42
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

Lamentations 3:43
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
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