Lamentations 3:16
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
KJV
Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos ; cibavit me cinere.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐξέβαλεν ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου, ἐψώμισέν με σποδόν·
LXX
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
ASV
וַ/יַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽ/חָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔/י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖/נִי בָּ/אֵֽפֶר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵֽפֶר
'pr
noun · 21×
ו
v
noun · 55×
חָצָץ֙
chtsts
noun · 3×
יַּגְרֵ֤ס
ygrs
verb · 2×
נִי
ny
pronoun · 1×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 6:26 — O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
- Prov 20:17 — Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
- Ps 3:7 — Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
- Ps 58:6 — Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.