King James Version
Lamentations 5:21 in the King James Version says “Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.”
Lamentations 5:21 · KJV
Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? so: Heb. for length of days?
Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. But: or, For wilt thou utterly reject us?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Turn”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“thou us unto thee O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“Turn”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“our days”
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
“as of old”
H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
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