Lamentations 3:13

JPS Old Testament

He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He pierced my kidneyswith shafts from his quiver.

Hebrew Names Version
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

King James Version
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

English Standard Version
He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver;

New American Standard Bible
He made the arrows of His quiver Enter my inward parts.

New Century Version
He shot me in the kidneys with the arrows from his bag.

Amplified Bible
He has caused the arrows of His quiver To enter my inner parts.

World English Bible
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hee caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.

Legacy Standard Bible
He made the arrows of His quiverTo enter into my inward parts.

Berean Standard Bible
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

Contemporary English Version
straight through my heart.

Complete Jewish Bible
He has pierced my vital organs with shafts from his quiver.

Darby Translation
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Easy-to-Read Version
He shot me in the stomach with his arrows.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, he has caused his arrows to enter into my reins.

Good News Translation
He shot his arrows deep into my body.

Lexham English Bible
He shot the arrows of his quiver into my kidneys.

Literal Translation
He caused the sons of His quiver to enter into my inward parts.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot, euen in to my reynes.

American Standard Version
He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Bible in Basic English
He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.

King James Version (1611)
Hee hath caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot, euen into my reynes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

English Revised Version
He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He. He sente in my reynes the douytris of his arowe caas.

Update Bible Version
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Webster's Bible Translation
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

New English Translation

ה (He)

He shot his arrows into my heart.

New King James Version
He has caused the arrows of His quiverTo pierce my loins. [fn]

New Living Translation
He shot his arrows deep into my heart.

New Life Bible
He has taken out His arrows and sent them into my heart.

New Revised Standard
He shot into my vitals the arrows of his quiver;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He hath caused to enter my reins, the sons of his quiver;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.

Revised Standard Version
He drove into my heart the arrows of his quiver;

Young's Literal Translation
He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.

THE MESSAGE
He shot me in the stomach with arrows from his quiver. Everyone took me for a joke, made me the butt of their mocking ballads. He forced rotten, stinking food down my throat, bloated me with vile drinks.

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 worn out; 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 hedged 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 enclosed 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

arrows: Heb. sons, Deuteronomy 32:23, Job 6:4, Job 41:28

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 35:23 - the archers Job 16:13 - he cleaveth Psalms 7:13 - ordaineth Psalms 64:7 - God Psalms 73:21 - in my Psalms 91:5 - nor Psalms 102:4 - heart Lamentations 2:4 - bent

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;

Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'

Genesis 3:10
And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.'

Genesis 3:12
And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'

Genesis 44:15
And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?'

1 Samuel 13:11
And Samuel said: 'What hast thou done?' And Saul said: 'Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together against Michmas;

2 Samuel 3:24
Then Joab came to the king, and said: 'What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath caused the arrows of his quiver,.... Or, "the sons of his quiver" i; an usual Hebraism; the quiver is compared, as Aben Ezra observes, to a pregnant woman; and Horace has a like expression, "venenatis gravidam sagittis pharetram" k; the judgments of God are often signified by this metaphor, even his four sore ones, sword, famine, pestilence, and noisome beast, Deuteronomy 32:23; these, says the prophet, he caused

to enter into my reins; that is, into the midst of his land and people, or into the city of Jerusalem; or these affected his mind and heart as if so many arrows had stuck in him, the poison of which drank up his spirits, Job 6:4.

i בני אשפתו "filios pharetrae suae", Montanus, Munster, Cocceius, Michaelis. k L. 1. Ode 22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape.

Lamentations 3:11

The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.”

Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah.

Lamentations 3:12

This new simile arises out of the former one, the idea of a hunter being suggested by that of the bear and lion. When the hunter comes, it is not to save him.

Lamentations 3:14

Metaphor is dropped, and Jeremiah shows the real nature of the arrows which rankled in him so deeply.

Lamentations 3:15

“He hath” filled me to the full with bitterness, i. e. bitter sorrows Job 9:18.

Lamentations 3:16

Broken my teeth with gravel stones - His bread was so filled with grit that in eating it his teeth were broken.

Lamentations 3:17

Prosperity - literally, as in the margin, i. e. I forgot what good was, I lost the very idea of what it meant.

Lamentations 3:18

The prophet reaches the verge of despair. But by struggling against it he reaches at length firm ground.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. The arrows of his quiver — בני אשפתו beney ashpatho, "The sons of his quiver." The issue or effect; the subject, adjunct, or accident, or produce of a thing, is frequently denominated its son or child. So arrows that issue from a quiver are here termed the sons of the quiver.