Lamentations 3:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
In dark placesבְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים
(be·ma·cha·shak·kim)
4285: dark placefrom chashak
He has made me dwell,הֹושִׁיבַ֖נִי
(ho·v·shi·va·ni)
3427: to sit, remain, dwella prim. root
Like those who have longעֹולָֽם׃
(o·v·lam.)
5769: long duration, antiquity, futurityfrom an unused word
been dead.כְּמֵתֵ֥י
(ke·me·tei)
4191: to diea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
He hath set
yashab  (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
me in dark places
machshak  (makh-shawk')
darkness; concretely, a dark place -- dark(-ness, place).
as they that be dead
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
of old
`owlam  (o-lawm')
concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.

King James Bible
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages.

International Standard Version
He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead.

NET Bible
He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He has made me live in darkness, like those who died a long time ago.

King James 2000 Bible
He has set me in dark places, like they that are long dead.
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