Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
WEB
For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
YLT
For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
DBT
for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
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