Lamentations 3:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.”

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BSBPD

“He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:13 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
  2. Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  3. Job 41:28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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