Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
WEB
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
YLT
He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
DBT
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
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