Lamentations 3 Comparison: King James Version vs Darby Translation

Lamentations 3

¹I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

²He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

³Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

⁴My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

⁵He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

⁶He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

⁷He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

⁸Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁹He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

¹⁰He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

¹¹He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

¹²He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

¹³He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

¹⁴I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

¹⁵He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

¹⁶He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

¹⁷And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

¹⁸And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:

¹⁹Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

²¹This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

²²It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

²⁴The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

²⁵The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

²⁶It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

²⁸He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

²⁹He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

³⁰He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

³²But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

³³For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

³⁴To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

³⁵To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

³⁶To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

³⁷Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

³⁸Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

⁴¹Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

⁴²We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

⁴³Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

⁴⁴Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

⁴⁵Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

⁴⁶All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

⁴⁷Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

⁴⁸Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

⁵⁰Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

⁵¹Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

⁵³They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

⁵⁴Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

⁵⁶Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

⁵⁷Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

⁵⁸O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

⁵⁹O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

⁶¹Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;

⁶²The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

⁶³Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

⁶⁴Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

⁶⁵Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

⁶⁶Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.

Lamentations 3

¹I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

²Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

³Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.

⁴My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

⁵He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.

⁶He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

⁷He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

⁸Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

⁹He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

¹⁰He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

¹¹He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

¹²He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

¹³He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

¹⁴I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.

¹⁵He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

¹⁶He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

¹⁷And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.

¹⁸And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.

¹⁹Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

²¹— This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.

²²It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

²³they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

²⁴Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

²⁵Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

²⁶It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:

²⁸He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

²⁹he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

³⁰he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.

³¹For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

³²but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:

³³for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

³⁴To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

³⁵to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

³⁶to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?

³⁷Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?

³⁸Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?

³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

⁴¹Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands untoGod in the heavens.

⁴²We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

⁴³Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.

⁴⁴Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.

⁴⁵Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

⁴⁶All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

⁴⁷Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.

⁴⁸Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

⁵⁰till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.

⁵¹Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵²They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.

⁵³They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

⁵⁴Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.

⁵⁶Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

⁵⁷Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

⁵⁸Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.

⁵⁹Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

⁶⁰Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.

⁶¹Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;

⁶²the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.

⁶³Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.

⁶⁴Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;

⁶⁵give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;

⁶⁶pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.