Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
WEB
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
YLT
He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
DBT
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC