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American Standard Version
Lamentations 3:20
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed 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.
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 Life Bible
I remember it always, and my soul bows down within me.
I remember it always, and my soul bows down within me.
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 that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light. 3 Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. 7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion 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
And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.
And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.
Genesis 2:23
And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Genesis 5:29
and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
Genesis 16:11
And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction.
And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 35:18
And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Exodus 2:10
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
1 Samuel 1:20
and it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
and it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus ; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus ; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:23
Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Acts 17:26
and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
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.
