Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;
I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.

King James Version

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Holman Bible

I am broken by the brokenness
of my dear people.
I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.

International Standard Version

Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.

A Conservative Version

For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold on me.

American Standard Version

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.

Amplified


For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I (Jeremiah) am broken;
I mourn, anxiety has gripped me.

Bible in Basic English

For the destruction of the daughter of my people I am broken: I am dressed in the clothing of grief; fear has taken me in its grip.

Darby Translation

For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.

Julia Smith Translation

For the breaking of the daughter of my people was I broken; I was darkened; astonishment took hold of me.

King James 2000

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am mourning; dismay has taken hold on me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Because of the wound of the daughter of my people I am broken down, I mourn, horror has seized me.

Modern King James verseion

For the breaking of the daughter of my people I am broken; I am in gloom; horror has seized me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I am sore vexed, because of the hurt of my people: I am heavy and abashed,

NET Bible

My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.

New Heart English Bible

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.

The Emphasized Bible

For the grievous injury of the daughter of my people, I am grievously injured, - I am enshrouded in gloom, Horror, hath seized me: -

Webster

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

World English Bible

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.

Youngs Literal Translation

For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the hurt
שׁבר שׁבר 
Sheber 
Usage: 44

of the daughter
בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

of my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

am I hurt
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

I am black
קדר 
Qadar 
Usage: 17

שׁמּה 
Shammah 
Usage: 39

References

Easton

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Lament Over Judah

20 “Harvest is past, summer is ended,
And we are not saved.”
21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;
I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:17

“You will say this word to them,
Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely infected wound.

Joel 2:6

Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces turn pale.

Nahum 2:10

She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste!
Hearts are melting and knees knocking!
Also anguish is in the whole body
And all their faces are grown pale!

Jeremiah 4:19

My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart!
My heart is pounding in me;
I cannot be silent,
Because you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!

Nehemiah 2:3

I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

Psalm 137:3-6

For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

Song of Songs 1:5-6

I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.

Jeremiah 17:16

But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
Nor have I longed for the woeful day;
You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.

Luke 19:41

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

Romans 9:1-3

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

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