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Lamentations 3:14

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

KJV

Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo, canticum eorum tota die.

Vulgate

ἐγενήθην γέλως παντὶ λαῷ μου, ψαλμὸς αὐτῶν ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.

LXX

I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

ASV

הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְ/כָל עַמִּ֔/י נְגִינָתָ֖/ם כָּל הַ/יּֽוֹם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
noun · 14×
שְׂחוֹק֙
shchvq
noun · 15×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Jer 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
  • Jer 20:7 — O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
  • Job 30:9 — And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
  • Lam 3:63 — Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
  • Lam 3:63 — Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
  • Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.