Lamentations 3:23
What does Lamentations 3:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Lamentations 3:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Lamentations 3:23 means
Jehovah’s compassions are fresh each day; they do not diminish with use. Every morning brings a renewal of mercy, because God’s faithfulness is great beyond measure. This means that yesterday’s grace is not today’s limit—He is not tired of His people. In the midst of ruin, the sufferer grasps a daily rhythm of hope: dawn itself becomes a sign of God’s continued commitment. Great faithfulness assures that what God has promised He will perform, sustaining His people through discipline toward restoration. This truth steadies hearts to endure, seek Him, and believe that He will finish what He has begun.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They are new every morning; great is your good faith.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862New every morning, abundant <FI>is<Fi> thy faithfulness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Context
Continuing the hope of verse 22, this verse emphasizes the constancy and freshness of God’s compassion. Verse 24 will draw a personal conclusion: if such faithfulness is true, then Jehovah Himself is the believer’s portion, and hope should be set in Him. This movement takes the reader from theological assertion to personal appropriation, vital for transforming lament into endurance.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Zephaniah 3:5
Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
- Psalms 89:33
But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
- Exodus 34:6
And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;
- Isaiah 33:2
O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- Hebrews 10:23
let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:
- Psalms 89:1
I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
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