But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
WEB
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
YLT
For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
DBT
but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
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