Lamentations 3:3,18
Lamentations 3:1-3 The Message (MSG)
I’m the man who has seen trouble, trouble coming from the lash of GOD’s anger. He took me by the hand and walked me into pitch-black darkness. Yes, he’s given me the back of his hand over and over and over again.
Lamentations 3:16-18 The Message (MSG)
He ground my face into the gravel. He pounded me into the mud. I gave up on life altogether. I’ve forgotten what the good life is like. I said to myself, “This is it. I’m finished. GOD is a lost cause.”
Lamentations 3:3 King James Version (KJV)
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand Against me all the day.
Lamentations 3:18 King James Version (KJV)
And I said, My strength and my hope Is perished from the LORD
Lamentations 3:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.
Lamentations 3:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:3 New Century Version (NCV)
He turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
Lamentations 3:18 New Century Version (NCV)
I said, “My strength is gone, and I have no hope in the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Lamentations 3:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:3 New International Version (NIV)
indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
Lamentations 3:18 New International Version (NIV)
So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.
Lamentations 3:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Surely He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.
Lamentations 3:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So I say, “My strength has perished And so has my hope and expectation from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
Lamentations 3:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!”
Lamentations 3:3 The Passion Translation (TPT)
He laid a heavy hand on me, every day, over and over.
Lamentations 3:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I thought to myself, “My endurance has evaporated; YAHWEH has stamped out my hope for the future.”