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Lamentations 3:5,19 - Compare All Versions

Lamentations 3:5 NIV (New International Version)

He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:19 NIV (New International Version)

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.

Lamentations 3:5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation

Lamentations 3:19 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall!

Lamentations 3:5 NLT (New Living Translation)

He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress.

Lamentations 3:19 NLT (New Living Translation)

The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.

Lamentations 3:5 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

He has laid siege against me,  encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:19 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Remember  my affliction and my homelessness,  the wormwood and the poison.

Lamentations 3:5 KJV (King James Version)

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

Lamentations 3:19 KJV (King James Version)

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

Lamentations 3:5 NKJV (New King James Version)

He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

Lamentations 3:19 NKJV (New King James Version)

Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:4-6 MSG (The Message)

He turned me into a skeleton of skin and bones, then broke the bones. He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times. He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin.

Lamentations 3:19-21 MSG (The Message)

I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope

Lamentations 3:5 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:19 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

¶Remember my misery and my homelessness, the wormwood and bitterness.

Lamentations 3:5 AMP (Amplified Bible)

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:19 AMP (Amplified Bible)

¶Remember [O LORD] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).

Lamentations 3:5 NET (New English Translation)

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.

Lamentations 3:19 NET (New English Translation)

Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.