Lamentations 3:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:5-6 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 43:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Job 21:6 : 6 Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Ps 44:25 : 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
Ps 146:8 : 8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:17-19
3 verses
84%
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
19Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lam 3:21
82%
21This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
Ps 143:3-5
3 verses
77%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Ps 77:3
77%
3I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {H5542}
Job 30:16
76%
16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Ps 77:10
76%
10And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Ps 42:4
76%
4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
Ps 73:21
75%
21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
Jonah 2:7
75%
7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
Ps 42:6
75%
6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Ps 38:17
74%
17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
Ps 31:9-10
2 verses
74%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Lam 1:20-22
3 verses
74%
20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Ps 38:6
73%
6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Ps 31:7
73%
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Job 21:6
73%
6Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Ps 6:3
73%
3My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Jer 8:18
73%
18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
Lam 3:15
73%
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
Ps 142:3
72%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Job 30:27
72%
27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
Isa 38:15
72%
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Ps 77:6
72%
6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
Job 17:7
72%
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Lam 3:5-6
2 verses
72%
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Ps 51:3
72%
3For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
Ps 57:6
72%
6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
Ps 119:52
72%
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
Ps 116:3
72%
3The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps 55:4
72%
4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Ps 63:6
72%
6When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Lam 1:13
71%
13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Ps 25:6-7
2 verses
71%
6Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
Ps 35:13
71%
13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Ps 129:3
71%
3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
Ps 102:4
71%
4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
Job 6:7
71%
7My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.
Ps 9:12
71%
12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
Ps 44:25
71%
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
Ps 94:19
71%
19In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
Ps 119:28
71%
28My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.