Parallel Verses
King James 2000
He has set me in dark places, like they that are long dead.
New American Standard Bible
Like those who have long been dead.
King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Holman Bible
like those who have been dead for ages.
International Standard Version
He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead.
A Conservative Version
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those who have long been dead.
American Standard Version
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Amplified
He has made me live in dark places
Like those who have long been dead.
Bible in Basic English
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
Darby Translation
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
Julia Smith Translation
He caused me to dwell in darknesses as the dead of old.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In darkness he has let me dwell like [the] dead of long ago.
Modern King James verseion
He has made me live in dark places, like the dead of old.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He hath set me in darkness, as they that be dead forever.
NET Bible
He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
New Heart English Bible
He has made me to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.
The Emphasized Bible
In dark places, hath he made me sit, like the dead of age-past times.
Webster
He hath set me in dark places, as they that are dead of old.
World English Bible
He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Youngs Literal Translation
In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
5 He has besieged me, and surrounded me with gall and travail. 6 He has set me in dark places, like they that are long dead. 7 He has hedged me in, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
Cross References
Psalm 88:5-6
Adrift among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.
Psalm 143:3
For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Psalm 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.