Lamentations 3:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Lamentations 3:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 3:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.”

Lamentations 3:16 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.”

Lamentations 3:16 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.”

Lamentations 3:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Lamentations 3:16 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.”

Lamentations 3:16 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:16 in Context — Lamentations 3

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

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

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

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

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

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What Does Lamentations 3:16 Mean?

Lamentations 3:16 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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