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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 3:4
God caused my skin and flesh to waste away, and he crushed my bones.
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Christian Standard Bible®
He has worn away my flesh and skin;he has broken my bones.
He has worn away my flesh and skin;he has broken my bones.
Hebrew Names Version
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
King James Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
English Standard Version
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones;
New American Standard Bible
He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones.
He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones.
New Century Version
He wore out my flesh and skin and broke my bones.
He wore out my flesh and skin and broke my bones.
Amplified Bible
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away; He has shattered my bones.
World English Bible
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
Geneva Bible (1587)
My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
Legacy Standard Bible
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has broken my bones.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;He has broken my bones.
Berean Standard Bible
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
Complete Jewish Bible
He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.
He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.
Darby Translation
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
Easy-to-Read Version
He wore out my flesh and skin. He broke my bones.
He wore out my flesh and skin. He broke my bones.
George Lamsa Translation
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Good News Translation
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.
Lexham English Bible
He has worn out my flesh and skin, he has broken my bones.
He has worn out my flesh and skin, he has broken my bones.
Literal Translation
He has wasted my flesh and my skin. He has shattered my bones.
He has wasted my flesh and my skin. He has shattered my bones.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My flesh & my skynne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he brussed.
My flesh & my skynne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he brussed.
American Standard Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Bible in Basic English
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
King James Version (1611)
My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skinne hath he made old, he hath broken my bones.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised.
My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
English Revised Version
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.
Beth. He made eld my skyn, and my fleisch; he al to-brak my boonys.
Update Bible Version
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Webster's Bible Translation
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
New English Translation
ב (Bet)
He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.New King James Version
He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
New Living Translation
He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.
He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.
New Life Bible
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away. He has broken my bones.
New Revised Standard
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.
Revised Standard Version
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;
Young's Literal Translation
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
THE MESSAGE
He turned me into a scarecrow of skin and bones, then broke the bones. He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times. He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin.
He turned me into a scarecrow of skin and bones, then broke the bones. He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times. He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin.
Contextual Overview
1 The Prophet Speaks: I have suffered much because God was angry. 2 He chased me into a dark place, where no light could enter. 3 I am the only one he punishes over and over again, without ever stopping. 4 God caused my skin and flesh to waste away, and he crushed my bones. 5 He attacked and surrounded me with hardships and trouble; 6 he forced me to sit in the dark like someone long dead. 7 God built a fence around me that I cannot climb over, and he chained me down. 8 Even when I shouted and prayed for help, he refused to listen. 9 God put big rocks in my way and made me follow a crooked path. 10 God was like a bear or a lion waiting in ambush for me;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
My flesh: Job 16:8, Job 16:9, Psalms 31:9, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 38:2-8, Psalms 102:3-5
he hath: Psalms 22:14, Psalms 51:8, Isaiah 38:13, Jeremiah 50:17
Reciprocal: Job 16:12 - broken me Job 19:20 - and I am Job 30:30 - my skin Lamentations 5:10 - skin
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
The Lord God then asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake tricked me," she answered. "And I ate some of that fruit."
The Lord God then asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake tricked me," she answered. "And I ate some of that fruit."
Deuteronomy 29:19
You may be an Israelite and know all about the Lord 's agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.
You may be an Israelite and know all about the Lord 's agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.
2 Kings 1:4
Tell him that because he has done this, he's on his deathbed! And Elijah did what he was told.
Tell him that because he has done this, he's on his deathbed! And Elijah did what he was told.
2 Kings 1:6
"A man met us along the road with a message for you from the Lord ," they answered. "The Lord wants to know why you sent us to ask Baalzebub about your injury and why you don't believe there's a God in Israel. The man also told us that the Lord says you're going to die."
"A man met us along the road with a message for you from the Lord ," they answered. "The Lord wants to know why you sent us to ask Baalzebub about your injury and why you don't believe there's a God in Israel. The man also told us that the Lord says you're going to die."
2 Kings 1:16
When Elijah arrived, he told Ahaziah, "The Lord wants to know why you sent messengers to Ekron to ask Baalzebub about your injury. Don't you believe there's a God in Israel? Ahaziah, because you did that, the Lord says you will die."
When Elijah arrived, he told Ahaziah, "The Lord wants to know why you sent messengers to Ekron to ask Baalzebub about your injury. Don't you believe there's a God in Israel? Ahaziah, because you did that, the Lord says you will die."
2 Kings 8:10
"Tell him he will," Elisha said to Hazael. "But the Lord has already told me that Benhadad will definitely die."
"Tell him he will," Elisha said to Hazael. "But the Lord has already told me that Benhadad will definitely die."
Psalms 10:11
They say, "God can't see! He's got on a blindfold."
They say, "God can't see! He's got on a blindfold."
2 Corinthians 2:11
I have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.
I have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.
But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.
1 Timothy 2:14
and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned.
and the man Adam wasn't the one who was fooled. It was the woman Eve who was completely fooled and sinned.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My flesh and my skin hath he made old,.... His flesh with blows, and his skin with smiting, as the Targum; his flesh was so emaciated, and his skin so withered and wrinkled, that he looked like an old man; as our Lord, when little more than thirty years of age, what with his sorrows and troubles, looked like one about fifty:
he hath broken my bones; that is, his strength was greatly weakened, which lay in his bones; and he could not stir to help himself, any more than a man whose bones are broken; and was in as much pain and distress as if this had been his case; otherwise it was not literally true, either of the Jews, or of Jeremiah, or of Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Made old - Or, wasted: his strength slowly wasted as he pined away in sorrow.
He hath broken my bones - This clause completes the representation of the sufferer’s physical agonies. Here the idea is that of acute pain.
