Lamentations 3:2
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
KJV
Me minavit, et adduxit in tenebras, et non in lucem.
Vulgate
παρέλαβέν με καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς σκότος καὶ οὐ φῶς.
LXX
He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
ASV
אוֹתִ֥/י נָהַ֛ג וַ/יֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְ/לֹא אֽוֹר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נֹהֲגִ֖ים
nhgym
verb · 30×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 5:18 — Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
- Isa 59:9 — Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
- Job 30:26 — When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Ps 88:6 — Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.