Lamentations 3:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.”

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BSBPD

“He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:4 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
  2. Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
  3. Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
  4. Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
  5. Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
  6. Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
  7. Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
  8. Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
  9. Isaiah 38:13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
  10. Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”

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