Lamentations 3:16

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.

Context

v.15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

v.16This passage

v.17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 58:6

    Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

  • Jonah 3:6

    And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

  • Jeremiah 6:26

    O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

  • Matthew 7:9

    Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;

  • Psalms 102:9

    For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

  • Luke 11:11

    And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?