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Lamentations 3:41

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

KJV

Levemus corda nostra cum manibus ad Dominum in cælos.

Vulgate

ἀναλάβωμεν καρδίας ἡμῶν ἐπὶ χειρῶν πρὸς Ὑψηλὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ·

LXX

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

ASV

נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֨/נוּ֙ אֶל כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל אֵ֖ל בַּ/שָּׁמָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 2:8 — So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
  • Neh 8:6 — And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
  • Ps 25:1 — Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
  • Ps 25:1 — Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
  • Ps 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
  • Ps 63:4 — Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
  • Ps 86:4 — Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
  • Ps 134:2 — Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
  • Ps 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
  • Ps 143:6 — I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
  • Ps 143:8 — Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.