Lamentations 3:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Lamentations 3:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:17 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 3:17 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 3:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.”

Lamentations 3:17 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.”

Lamentations 3:17 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.”

Lamentations 3:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Lamentations 3:17 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,”

Lamentations 3:17 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:17 in Context — Lamentations 3

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:

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

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What Does Lamentations 3:17 Mean?

Lamentations 3:17 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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