King James Version
Lamentations 3:6 in the King James Version says “He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.”
Lamentations 3:6 · KJV
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He hath set”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“of old”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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