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Lamentations 3:17

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And thou hast thrust away from welfare, my soul, I have forgotten prosperity;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— My soul has gone astray from peace, I have forgotten prosperity.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And thou hast removed y2186
[2186] Standard
זָנַח
zanach
{zaw-nakh'}
A primitive root meaning to push aside, that is, reject, forsake, fail.
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
my soul y5315
[5315] Standard
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
far off 2186
{2186} Prime
זָנַח
zanach
{zaw-nakh'}
A primitive root meaning to push aside, that is, reject, forsake, fail.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
x5315
(5315) Complement
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
from peace: 7965
{7965} Prime
שָׁלוֹם
shalowm
{shaw-lome'}
From H7999; safe, that is, (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, that is, health, prosperity, peace.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
I forgat 5382
{5382} Prime
נָשָׁה
nashah
{naw-shaw'}
A primitive root; to forget; figuratively, to neglect; causatively, to remit, remove.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
prosperity. 2896
{2896} Prime
טוֹב
towb
{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Lamentations 3:16-18.


Lamentations 3:17

_ _ Not only present, but all hope of future prosperity is removed; so much so, that I am as one who never was prosperous (“I forgat prosperity”).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
thou:

Lamentations 1:16 For these [things] I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Psalms 119:155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Isaiah 54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Isaiah 59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us.
Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah 14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah 16:5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, [even] lovingkindness and mercies.
Zechariah 8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

I forgat:

Genesis 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
Job 7:7 O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Jeremiah 20:14-18 Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. ... Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

prosperity:
Heb. good
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 41:30. Jb 7:7. Ps 119:155. Is 38:17; 54:10; 59:11. Jr 8:15; 14:19; 16:5; 20:14. Lm 1:16. Zc 8:10.

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