Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead.
New American Standard Bible
Like those who have long been dead.
King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Holman Bible
like those who have been dead for ages.
A Conservative Version
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those who have long been dead.
American Standard Version
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Amplified
He has made me live in dark places
Like those who have long been dead.
Bible in Basic English
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
Darby Translation
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
Julia Smith Translation
He caused me to dwell in darknesses as the dead of old.
King James 2000
He has set me in dark places, like they that are long dead.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In darkness he has let me dwell like [the] dead of long ago.
Modern King James verseion
He has made me live in dark places, like the dead of old.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He hath set me in darkness, as they that be dead forever.
NET Bible
He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
New Heart English Bible
He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.
The Emphasized Bible
In dark places, hath he made me sit, like the dead of age-past times.
Webster
He hath set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old.
World English Bible
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Youngs Literal Translation
In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
5 He laid siege against me, surrounding me with bitterness and suffering. 6 He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead. 7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.
Cross References
Psalm 88:5-6
released to remain with the dead, lying in a grave like a corpse, remembered no longer, and cut off from your power.
Psalm 143:3
For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit,