King James Version
Lamentations 3:14 in the King James Version says “I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.”
Lamentations 3:14 · KJV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. arrows: Heb. sons
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. bitterness: Heb. bitternesses
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. covered: or, rolled me in the ashes
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“to all my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and their song”
H5058properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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