Lamentations 3:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.”
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BSBPD
“He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:6 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 88:5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Isaiah 59:10Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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