Lamentations 3:4
Good News Translation
He has left my flesh open and raw, and has broken my bones.

New Revised Standard Version
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away, and broken my bones;

Contemporary English Version
God caused my skin and flesh to waste away, and he crushed my bones.

New American Bible
He has worn away my flesh and my skin, he has broken my bones;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

my flesh

Job 16:8,9 But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing. . . .

Psalm 31:9,10 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly: . . .

Psalm 32:3 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long.

Psalm 38:2-8 For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me. . . .

Psalm 102:3-5 For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire. . . .

he hath

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 51:8 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.

Isaiah 38:13 I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him: and last this Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Context
Jeremiah's Afflictions
3Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day. 4Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.5Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall, and labour.…
Cross References
Psalm 31:9
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

Psalm 31:10
For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

Psalm 38:2
For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

Psalm 51:8
To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.

Psalm 102:3
For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 38:13
I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Lamentations 3:3
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