Lamentations 3:20
Strong's Lexicon
Surely
זָכ֣וֹר (zā·ḵō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 2142: 1) to remember, recall, call to mind 1a) (Qal) to remember, recall 1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to remember, remind 1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance 1c3) to mention 1c4) to record 1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance

my soul
נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

remembers
תִּזְכּ֔וֹר (tiz·kō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: 1) to remember, recall, call to mind 1a) (Qal) to remember, recall 1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to remember, remind 1c2) to cause to be remembered, keep in remembrance 1c3) to mention 1c4) to record 1c5) to make a memorial, make remembrance

and is humbled
(וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ) (wə·ṯā·šō·w·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7743: 1) to sink down, be bowed down, be humble 1a) (Qal) to sink down 1b) (Hiphil) of depression of the mind

within me.
עָלַ֖י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

Young's Literal Translation
Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I continually remember them and have become depressed.

New American Standard Bible
Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me.

King James Bible
My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.

New Living Translation
I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.

English Standard Version
My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me.

New American Standard Bible
Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me.

King James Bible
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I continually remember them and have become depressed.

International Standard Version
My mind keeps reflecting on it, and I become depressed.

NET Bible
I continually think about this, and I am depressed.

American Standard Version
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

English Revised Version
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

Young's Literal Translation
Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
















Cross References
Job 21:6
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Psalm 42:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Psalm 42:6
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

Psalm 43:5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 3:19
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

Lamentations 3:17
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

Lamentations 3:21
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

Lamentations 3:22
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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