Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
ר Resh
I am churning within;
my heart is broken,
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.
New American Standard Bible
My
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very
In the street the sword
In the house it is like death.
King James Version
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
International Standard Version
Look, LORD, how distressed I am; all my insides are churning. My heart is troubled within me, because I vigorously rebelled. Outside the sword brings loss of life, while at home death rules.
American Standard Version
Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Amplified
“See, O Lord, how distressed I am!
My spirit is deeply disturbed;
My heart is overturned within me and cannot rest,
For I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword kills and bereaves;
In the house there is [famine, disease and] death!
Bible in Basic English
See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.
Darby Translation
See, Jehovah, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled: without, the sword hath bereaved me, within, it is as death.
Julia Smith Translation
See, O Jehovah; for straits to me: my bowels were in a ferment; my heart turned in my midst; for embittering, I embittered: without, the sword bereaved; in the house, as death.
King James 2000
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my soul is troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
See, O Yahweh, that {I am in distress}; {my stomach} is in torment, my heart has turned inside me because I have certainly rebelled. From outside a sword brings bereavement, inside the house [it is] like death.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my inward parts ferment; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled. On the outside the sword bereaves; in the house it is as death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Res} Consider, O LORD, how I am troubled: my womb is disquieted, my heart turneth about in me, and I am full of heaviness. The sword hurteth me without, and within I am like unto death.
NET Bible
(Resh) Look, O Lord! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
New Heart English Bible
See, LORD, for I am in distress; my stomach churns; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled. Outside the sword bereaves, inside there is death.
The Emphasized Bible
See, O Yahweh, that I am in distress, Mine inward parts, are in ferment, My heart is turned within me, for I have obstinately rebelled, - Without, bereaveth the sword, Within, is like death,
Webster
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
World English Bible
See, Yahweh; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.
Youngs Literal Translation
See, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house it is as death.
Themes
Bowels » Figurative » Of the sensibilities
Confession of sin » Should be accompanied with » Godly sorrow
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Lamentations 1:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Desolate City
19
ק Qof
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.
I am churning within;
my heart is broken,
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.
but there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;
they are glad that You have caused it.
Bring on the day You have announced,
so that they may become like me.
Names
Cross References
Lamentations 2:11
כ Kaf
I am churning within.
My heart is poured out in grief
because of the destruction of my dear people,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.
Deuteronomy 32:25
and inside, there will be terror;
the young man and the young woman will be killed,
the infant and the gray-haired man.
Isaiah 16:11
as does my innermost being for Kir-heres.
Ezekiel 7:15
plague and famine are on the inside.
Whoever is in the field will die by the sword,
and famine and plague will devour
whoever is in the city.
Job 30:27
days of suffering confront me.
Jeremiah 4:19
Oh, the pain in
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
Leviticus 26:40-42
“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,
1 Kings 8:47-50
in the land where they were deported
and repent and petition You in their captors’ land:
“We have sinned and done wrong;
we have been wicked,”
Job 33:27
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.
Psalm 22:14
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.
Psalm 51:3-4
and my sin is always before me.
Proverbs 28:13
will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.
Isaiah 38:14
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
Jeremiah 2:35
His anger is sure to turn away from me.”
But I will certainly judge you
because you have said, “I have not sinned.”
Jeremiah 3:13
you have rebelled against the Lord your God.
You have scattered your favors to strangers
under every green tree
and have not obeyed My voice.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 9:21-22
it has entered our fortresses,
cutting off children from the streets,
young men from the squares.
Jeremiah 14:18
look—those slain by the sword!
If I enter the city,
look—those ill
For both prophet and priest
travel to a land they do not know.
Jeremiah 31:20
a delightful child?
Whenever I speak against him,
I certainly still think about him.
Therefore, My inner being yearns for him;
I will truly have compassion on him.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab,
Lamentations 1:9
ט Tet
She never considered her end.
Her downfall was astonishing;
there was no one to comfort her.
Lord, look on my affliction,
for the enemy triumphs!
Lamentations 1:11
כ Kaf
while they search for bread.
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.
Lamentations 1:18
צ Tsade
for I have rebelled against His command.
Listen, all you people;
look at my pain.
My young men and women
have gone into captivity.
Lamentations 4:9-10
ט Tet
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.
Hosea 11:8
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!
Habakkuk 3:16
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.
Luke 15:18-19
Luke 18:13-14