Lamentations 3:4 “He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.”

Lamentations 3:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

My flesh and my skinne hath he caused to waxe olde, and he hath broken my bones.

Darby Translation

My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.

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Cross references

“My flesh”

Psalm 38:2–8 Psalm 102:3–5 Psalm 32:3 Job 16:8 Job 16:9 Psalm 31:9

Psalm 38:2–8 · BSB

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

Psalm 102:3–5 · BSB

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

Psalm 32:3 · BSB

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Job 16:8 · BSB

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

Job 16:9 · BSB

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Psalm 31:9 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

“he hath”

Psalm 51:8 Isaiah 38:13 Jeremiah 50:17 Psalm 22:14

Psalm 51:8 · BSB

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Isaiah 38:13 · BSB

I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

Jeremiah 50:17 · BSB

Israel 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.”

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

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