Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 6 Holy Bible
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
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He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
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He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
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He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - This verse is verbally reproduced in Psalm 143:3. In dark places; i.e. in Hades (comp. Psalm 88:7). As they that be dead of old. A strange comparison; for what difference can it make whether the dead are men of the ancient or the modern world? The rendering, however, though perfectly admissible, is less suitable to the context than as they that are forever dead; who have entered "the land from which there is no return" (an Assyrian title of Hades). Comp. "the everlasting house," i.e. the grave (Ecclesiastes 12:5), "the everlasting sleep" (Jeremiah 51:39, 57).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) He hath set me in dark places.--A verbal reproduction of Psalm 143:3. The "dark places" are those of hell or Hades. For dead of old read dead eternally or dead for ever, the adverb looking forward rather than back.
