Lamentations 3:62 BSB

Lamentations 3:62

the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

KJV

The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

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Commentary

1 voice

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Lamentations (1274)

The people here are accused of their sins. First, regarding the affliction in their shame: "Thou hast heard their taunts, O Lord, all their devices against me." Which declares, as if: there is no need for proof. For the prophet Daniel 9:16 asserts: "And for …

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׂפְתֵ֤י	sif.Tei	[the] lips of	H8193 →
קָמַי֙	ka.Mai	[those who] rise against me	H6965 →
וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם	ve.heg.yo.Nam	and muttering their	H1902 →
עָלַ֖י	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַיּֽוֹם׃	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 18:18
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us…
leads to
- Psalms 52:2
  Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Jeremiah 11:19
  For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from…
- Malachi 2:7
  For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
Through
Psalms 59:12
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
leads to
- Proverbs 12:13
  An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
Through
Psalms 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
leads to
- Psalms 58:4
  Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
  I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- Romans 3:13–14
  “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
Through
Psalms 59:7
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
leads to
- Psalms 57:4
  My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

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01Commentary

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Lamentations

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Lamentations