Lamentations 3:19

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Remember my utter misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Berean Standard Bible:

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

American Standard Version:

Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Remembering{H2142} mine affliction{H6040} and my misery{H4788}, the wormwood{H3939} and the gall{H7219}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Lamentations 3:15

  • He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:5

  • He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.

Nehemiah 9:32

  • Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Jeremiah 9:15

  • Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Psalms 89:50

  • Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;

Psalms 132:1

  • ¶ A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, [and] all his afflictions:

Job 7:7

  • ¶ O remember that my life [is] wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

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Commentary for Lamentations 3:19

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2142
    There are 223 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זָכַר
    Transliteration: zâkar
    Pronunciation: zaw-kar'
    Description: a primitive root; also as denominative from זָכָר; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male; [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
  2. Strong's Number: H6040
    There are 37 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֳנִי
    Transliteration: ʻŏnîy
    Pronunciation: on-ee'
    Description: from עָנָה; depression, i.e. misery; afflicted(-ion), trouble.
  3. Strong's Number: H4788
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָרוּד
    Transliteration: mârûwd
    Pronunciation: maw-rood'
    Description: from רוּד in the sense of maltreatment; an outcast; (abstractly) destitution; cast out, misery.
  4. Strong's Number: H3939
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לַעֲנָה
    Transliteration: laʻănâh
    Pronunciation: lah-an-aw'
    Description: from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed); hemlock, wormwood.
  5. Strong's Number: H7219
    There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רֹאשׁ
    Transliteration: rôʼsh
    Pronunciation: roshe
    Description: or רוֹשׁ; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as רֹאשׁ; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents); gall, hemlock, poison, venom.