Lamentations 3:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Lamentations 3:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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

Lamentations 3:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.”

Lamentations 3:5 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Lamentations 3:5 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.”

Lamentations 3:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Lamentations 3:5 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall, and labour.”

Lamentations 3:5 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:5 in Context — Lamentations 3

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

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

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

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

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

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What Does Lamentations 3:5 Mean?

Lamentations 3:5 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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