Lamentations 3:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
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Referenced Verses

Ps 51:8 : 8 Make me to hear{H8686)} joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken{H8765)} may rejoice{H8799)}.
Isa 38:13 : 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Ps 31:9-9 : 9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Ps 38:2-8 : 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt{H8738)} because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Job 16:8-9 : 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 102:3-5
3 verses
83%
3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Lam 3:3
83%
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Lam 3:5-6
2 verses
83%
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Lam 3:11
82%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Lam 3:16-17
2 verses
81%
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Job 7:5
81%
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Lam 1:13
80%
13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Job 19:20
79%
20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job 33:21
79%
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job 10:11
79%
11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Job 30:16-19
4 verses
79%
16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Ps 31:10
79%
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Ps 22:14-17
4 verses
78%
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
Job 16:7-9
3 verses
78%
7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 16:12-15
4 verses
78%
12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Job 30:30
77%
30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Lam 3:9
77%
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Job 31:22
77%
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Ps 38:3
77%
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
Ps 6:2
77%
2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Isa 38:13
77%
13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Job 33:19
76%
19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Mic 3:3
76%
3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Job 9:17
75%
17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Ps 129:3
75%
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Ps 32:3
75%
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Ps 143:3-4
2 verses
75%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Ps 38:7-8
2 verses
75%
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Ps 51:8
75%
8Make me to hear{H8686)} joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken{H8765)} may rejoice{H8799)}.
Ps 102:23
75%
23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
Job 17:6
75%
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Job 19:26
74%
26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Ps 39:10
74%
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed{H8804)} by the blow of thine hand.