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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
b and my skin
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
hath he made old
balah (Hebrew #1086)
to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
KJV usage: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
Pronounce: baw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
; he hath broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
c my bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
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Job 16:8• 8It became a witness, and rose up against me,{HR}My leanness accuseth me to the face; (Job 16:8)
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Psa. 51:8• 8Make me to hear joy and gladness;{HR}The bones thou hast broken shall rejoice. (Psa. 51:8)
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Jer. 50:17• 17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer. 50:17)

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My flesh.
Job 16:8‑9• 8It became a witness, and rose up against me,{HR}My leanness accuseth me to the face;
 9His wrath hath torn and warred on me;{HR}He hath gnashed on me with his teeth;{HR}Mine enemy whetteth his eyes on me. (Job 16:8‑9)
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Psa. 31:9‑10• 9Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah, for I am distressed;{HR}Consumed with grief [is] mine eye, my soul and my belly.
 10For my life hath been spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing;{HR}My strength hath been feeble through mine iniquity,{HR}And my bones have been consumed. (Psa. 31:9‑10)
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Psa. 32:3• 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day. (Psa. 32:3)
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Psa. 38:2‑8• 2For thine arrows have entered into me,{HR}And thy hand hath come down upon me.
 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;{HR}There is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
 4For mine iniquities have passed over my head;{HR}As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
 5My wounds have stunk;{HR}They have consumed away because of my folly.
 6I have been bowed down,{HR}I have been brought low to the utmost,{HR}All the day have I walked mourning.
 7For my loins are filled with burning,{HR}And there is no soundness in my flesh.
 8I have been feeble and broken to the uttermost;{HR}I have groaned because of the groaning of my heart. (Psa. 38:2‑8)
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Psa. 102:3‑5• 3For my days are consumed like smoke,{HR}And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
 4My heart is smitten as grass and dried up;{HR}For I forget to eat my bread.
 5From the voice of my groaning{HR}My bone cleaveth to my flesh. (Psa. 102:3‑5)
he hath.
Psa. 22:14• 14I have been poured out like water,{HR}And all my bones have been separated;{HR}My heart has become like wax,{HR}It is melted in the midst of my bowels. (Psa. 22:14)
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Psa. 51:8• 8Make me to hear joy and gladness;{HR}The bones thou hast broken shall rejoice. (Psa. 51:8)
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Isa. 38:13• 13I kept still till morning: as a lion he breaketh all my bones; from day to night he will make an end of me. (Isa. 38:13)
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Jer. 50:17• 17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer. 50:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

W. Kelly Translation

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My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.