Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.” New Living Translation I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!” English Standard Version so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” Berean Standard Bible So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” King James Bible And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: New King James Version And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.” New American Standard Bible So I say, “My strength has failed, And so has my hope from the LORD.” NASB 1995 So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD.” NASB 1977 So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD.” Legacy Standard Bible So I say, “My strength has perished, As well as my hopeful waiting which comes from Yahweh.” Amplified Bible So I say, “My strength has perished And so has my hope and expectation from the LORD.” Christian Standard Bible Then I thought, “My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I thought: My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD. American Standard Version And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I said: "My victory and my hope are destroyed from LORD JEHOVAH!” Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord. Contemporary English Version I tell myself, "I am finished! I can't count on the LORD to do anything for me." Douay-Rheims Bible Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord. English Revised Version And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation I said, 'I've lost my strength [to live] and my hope in the LORD.' Good News Translation I do not have much longer to live; my hope in the LORD is gone. International Standard Version So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD." JPS Tanakh 1917 And I said: 'My strength is perished, And mine expectation from the LORD.' Literal Standard Version And I say, My strength and my hope have perished from YHWH. Majority Standard Bible So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” New American Bible My enduring hope, I said, has perished before the LORD. NET Bible So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD." New Revised Standard Version so I say, “Gone is my glory, and all that I had hoped for from the LORD.” New Heart English Bible And I said, "My strength and my hope has perished from the LORD." Webster's Bible Translation And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD: World English Bible I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.” Young's Literal Translation And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. 18So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” Cross References Job 17:15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? Ezekiel 37:11 Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.' Treasury of Scripture And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 1 Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. Job 6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? Job 17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? Jump to Previous Cut Expectation Glory Hope Hoped Perished Splendor StrengthJump to Next Cut Expectation Glory Hope Hoped Perished Splendor StrengthLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies (18) I said, My strength.--The sorrow of the mourner comes to the very verge of despair. There was "no help for him from his God;" even that hope had left him. But, as the sequel shows, this despair was the beginning of a reaction. The very name of Jehovah (no longer Adonai) reminded him of the everlasting mercies. Hebrew So I say,וָאֹמַר֙ (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “My strength נִצְחִ֔י (niṣ·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity has perished אָבַ֣ד (’ā·ḇaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish along with my hope וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י (wə·ṯō·w·ḥal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8431: Expectation from the LORD.” מֵיְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Lamentations 3:18 NIVLamentations 3:18 NLT Lamentations 3:18 ESV Lamentations 3:18 NASB Lamentations 3:18 KJV Lamentations 3:18 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:18 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:18 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:18 French Bible Lamentations 3:18 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:18 I said My strength is perished (Lam. 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