Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Lamentations 3:20

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
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BBE Lamentations 3:20

My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.
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DARBY Lamentations 3:20

My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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KJV Lamentations 3:20

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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WBT Lamentations 3:20


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WEB Lamentations 3:20

My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
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YLT Lamentations 3:20

Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - My soul, etc. This rendering is difficult. In the next verse we read, "This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope," which seems inconsistent with ver. 20 as given in the Authorized Version. An equally grammatical and still more obvious translation is, Thou (O God!) wilt surely remember, for my soul is bowed down within me. The latter part of the line is a reminiscence of Psalm 42:5, at least, if the text be correct, for the closing words do not cohere well with the opening ones. The Peshito (Syriac) has, "Remember, and revive [literally, 'cause to return'] my soul within me," which involves a slightly different reading of one word. But more tempting than any other view of the meaning is that of Bickell, though it involves a correction and an insertion, "My soul remembereth well and meditateth on thy faithfulness."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) My soul hath . . .--The verb, as in Lamentations 3:17, may be either in the second person or the third; the former gives, Thou wilt surely remember that my soul is humbled. Psalm 42:4 supports the Authorised version.