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Lamentations 3:18

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

KJV

Et dixi : Periit finis meus, et spes mea a Domino.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπώλετο νῖκός μου καὶ ἡ ἐλπίς μου ἀπὸ Κυρίου.

LXX

And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

ASV

וָ/אֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔/י וְ/תוֹחַלְתִּ֖/י מֵ/יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 6×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 183×
נֶ֑צַח
ntsch
noun · 43×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair
  • Jer 10:19 — Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
  • Jer 31:17 — And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
  • Job 8:13 — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
  • Job 17:15 — And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
  • Lam 3:54 — Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
  • Luke 11:10 — For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.