Lamentations 3:16
“He hath also broken my teeth with grauell stones, hee hath couered me with ashes.”
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Lamentations 3:16 Context
14I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day. 15Hee hath filled me with bitternesse, hee hath made me drunken with wormewood. 16He hath also broken my teeth with grauell stones, hee hath couered me with ashes. 17And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie. 18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
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Other Translations for Lamentations 3:16
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
- King James Version
He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
- American Standard Version (1901)
By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.
- Basic English Bible
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
- Darby Bible
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
- Webster's Bible
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
- World English Bible
And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Lamentations 3:16
3:16 Ashes - Mourners were wont to throw ashes on their heads.