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Lamentations 3:11

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

KJV

Semitas meas subvertit, et confregit me ; posuit me desolatam.

Vulgate

κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα καὶ κατέπαυσέν με, ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην.

LXX

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

ASV

דְּרָכַ֥/י סוֹרֵ֛ר וַֽ/יְפַשְּׁחֵ֖/נִי שָׂמַ֥/נִי שֹׁמֵֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
נִי
ny
pronoun · 1×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
שֹׁ֣מֵמָ֔ה
shmmh
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Job 16:12 — I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
  • Job 16:12 — I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
  • Lam 1:13 — From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.