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 DomainASVPD
“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:4 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
- Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
- Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
- 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.
- 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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