Lamentations 3:41

New American Standard Bible

We raise our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Let us lift up our hearts and our handsto God in heaven:

Hebrew Names Version
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

King James Version
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

English Standard Version
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

New Century Version
Let us lift up our hands and pray from our hearts to God in heaven:

Amplified Bible
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer] Toward God in heaven;

World English Bible
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;

Legacy Standard Bible
We lift up our heart to our handsToward God in heaven;

Berean Standard Bible
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

Contemporary English Version
When we lift our hands in prayer to God in heaven, we should offer him our hearts and say,

Complete Jewish Bible
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven and say,

Darby Translation
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.

Easy-to-Read Version
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to the God of heaven.

George Lamsa Translation
Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in heaven.

Good News Translation
Let us open our hearts to God in heaven and pray,

Lexham English Bible
Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

Literal Translation
Let us lift up our heart and hands to God in Heaven.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let vs lift vp oure hertes with oure hondes vnto the LORDE, that is in heauen.

American Standard Version
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Bible in Basic English
Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

King James Version (1611)
Let vs lift vp our heart with our hands vnto God in the heauens.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let vs lift our heartes with our handes vnto the Lorde that is in heauen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let us lift up our hearts with our hand to the lofty One in heaven.

English Revised Version
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nun. Reise we oure hertis with hondis, to the Lord in to heuenes.

Update Bible Version
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands to God in the heavens.

New English Translation
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:

New King James Version
Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.

New Living Translation
Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,

New Life Bible
Let us lift up our heart and hands to God in heaven, saying,

New Revised Standard
Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Let us lift up our heart, to the opened palms, to the Mighty One in the heavens;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nun. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to the Lord in the heavens.

Revised Standard Version
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

Young's Literal Translation
We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.

Contextual Overview

³⁷ Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it? ³⁸ Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both adversity and good proceed? ³⁹ Of what can any living mortal, or any man, Complain in view of his sins? ⁴⁰ Let's examine and search out our ways, And let's return to the LORD. ⁴¹ We raise our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lift: Psalms 25:1, Psalms 86:4, Psalms 143:6-8

with: Psalms 28:2, Psalms 63:4, Psalms 141:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:10 - turn unto Joshua 7:13 - sanctify Judges 5:16 - great 2 Chronicles 7:14 - seek my face Nehemiah 8:6 - with lifting Psalms 134:2 - Lift up Psalms 143:8 - for I lift Hosea 6:1 - and let Joel 2:12 - turn

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands,.... Lifting up of the hands is a prayer gesture, and is put for prayer itself; see

Psalms 141:2; but the heart must go along with it, or it is of no avail; the soul must be lifted up to God; there must be an ascending of that unto him, in earnest desires after him; in affection and love to him; in faith and dependence on him; and in hope and expectation of good things from him, Psalms 25:1; this is the way in which men return to God, even by prayer and supplication. The Targum is,

"let us lift up our hearts, and cast away rapine and prey out of our hands;''

and Jarchi and Abendana mention a Midrash, that paraphrases it,

"let us lift up our hearts in truth to God, as a man washes his hands in purity, and casts away all filthiness from them;''

see Hebrews 10:22;

unto God in the heavens; who has made them, and dwells in them; and therefore prayer must be directed to him, as being there; so our Lord taught his disciples to pray, Matthew 6:9; and which is a very great encouragement to faith in prayer; when it is considered that God is the Maker and possessor of heaven and earth; and that our help is in and expected from him who made all these; and besides the saints have a High Priest, an Advocate with the Father there, to plead their cause for them; and many great and good things are there laid up for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet urges men to search out their faults and amend them.

Lamentations 3:40

And turn again to the Lord - Or, “and return to Yahweh.” The prep. (to) in the Hebrew implies not half way, but the whole.

Lamentations 3:41

Literally, “Let us lift up our heart unto our hands unto God in heaven;” as if the heart first lifted up the hands, and then with them mounted up in prayer to God. In real prayer the outward expression is caused by the emotion stirring within.