Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.” New Living Translation I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!” English Standard Version so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” Berean Study Bible So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” King James Bible And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: New King James Version And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.” New American Standard Bible So I say, “My strength has failed, And so has my hope from the LORD.” NASB 1995 So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD.” NASB 1977 So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD.” Amplified Bible So I say, “My strength has perished And so has my hope and expectation from the LORD.” Christian Standard Bible Then I thought, “My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I thought: My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD. American Standard Version And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I said: "My victory and my hope are destroyed from LORD JEHOVAH!” Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord. Contemporary English Version I tell myself, "I am finished! I can't count on the LORD to do anything for me." Douay-Rheims Bible Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord. Good News Translation I do not have much longer to live; my hope in the LORD is gone. International Standard Version So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD." JPS Tanakh 1917 And I said: 'My strength is perished, And mine expectation from the LORD.' Literal Standard Version And I say, My strength and my hope have perished from YHWH. New American Bible My enduring hope, I said, has perished before the LORD. NET Bible So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD." New Revised Standard Version so I say, “Gone is my glory, and all that I had hoped for from the LORD.” New Heart English Bible And I said, "My strength and my hope has perished from the LORD." World English Bible I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh. Young's Literal Translation And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. Additional Translations ... Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. 18So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” Cross References Job 17:15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? Ezekiel 37:11 Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.' Treasury of Scripture And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 1 Samuel 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 of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. Job 6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? Job 17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
(18) I said, My strength.--The sorrow of the mourner comes to the very verge of despair. There was "no help for him from his God;" even that hope had left him. But, as the sequel shows, this despair was the beginning of a reaction. The very name of Jehovah (no longer Adonai) reminded him of the everlasting mercies. Hebrew So I say,וָאֹמַר֙ (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “My strength נִצְחִ֔י (niṣ·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity has perished אָבַ֣ד (’ā·ḇaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish along with my hope וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י (wə·ṯō·w·ḥal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8431: Expectation from the LORD.” מֵיְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Jump to Previous Cut Expectation Glory Hope Hoped Perished Splendor StrengthJump to Next Cut Expectation Glory Hope Hoped Perished Splendor StrengthLinks Lamentations 3:18 NIVLamentations 3:18 NLT Lamentations 3:18 ESV Lamentations 3:18 NASB Lamentations 3:18 KJV Lamentations 3:18 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:18 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:18 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:18 French Bible Lamentations 3:18 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:18 I said My strength is perished (Lam. La Lm) |