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Lamentations 3:4

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

KJV

Vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam ; contrivit ossa mea.

Vulgate

ἐπαλαίωσεν σάρκα μου καὶ δέρμα μου, ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν.

LXX

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

ASV

בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִ/י֙ וְ/עוֹרִ֔/י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
verb · 16×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
י
y
noun · 126×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
ע֔וֹר
'vr
noun · 98×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 38:13 — I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
  • Jer 50:17 — Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
  • 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.
  • Ps 31:9 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
  • Ps 38:2 — For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
  • Ps 51:8 — Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
  • Ps 102:3 — For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.