Parallel Verses
NET Bible
(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
New American Standard Bible
He has made me cower in the
King James Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Holman Bible
ו Vav
and made me cower
International Standard Version
He broke my teeth on gravel, covering me with dust.
A Conservative Version
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones. He has covered me with ashes.
American Standard Version
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
Amplified
He has broken my teeth with gravel;
He has [covered me with ashes and] made me cower in the dust.
Bible in Basic English
By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
Darby Translation
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Julia Smith Translation
He will break my teeth with gravel stones, he covered me with ashes.
King James 2000
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He has broken my teeth on grit, he has trampled me down in ash.
Modern King James verseion
He also broke my teeth with gravel; He has covered me in the ashes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Vav} He hath smitten my teeth in pieces, and rolled me in the dust.
New Heart English Bible
He has also broken my teeth with gravel; he has pressed me down in the dust.
The Emphasized Bible
And he hath crushed, with gravel-stones, my teeth, hath made me cower in ashes;
Webster
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
World English Bible
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
15 He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. 16 (Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust. 17 I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:17
Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Jeremiah 6:26
So I said, "Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us."
Psalm 3:7
Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
Psalm 58:6
O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
Job 2:8
Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
Job 4:10
There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Psalm 102:9
For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
Jonah 3:6
When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Matthew 7:9
Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Luke 11:11
What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?