King James Version
Lamentations 3:42 in the King James Version says “We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.”
Lamentations 3:42 · KJV
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“have transgressed”
H6586to break away (from just authority), i.e., trespass, apostatize, quarrel
“and have rebelled”
H4784to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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