Lamentations 3:60

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against 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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💎 Distinctive Features

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

Jer 11:19-20 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Lam 3:59 : 59 O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Lam 3:61-62
2 verses
91%
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Lam 3:59
81%
59O Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou my cause.
Job 21:27
78%
27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
Jer 18:23
76%
23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Jer 20:12
76%
12But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Jer 11:20
75%
20But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Lam 1:21-22
2 verses
75%
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 21:11
73%
11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
Ps 35:21-22
2 verses
73%
21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Ps 69:19
73%
19Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee.
Ps 56:5-6
2 verses
73%
5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Jer 12:3
73%
3But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Job 36:17
73%
17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Ps 10:14
72%
14Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Ps 62:3
72%
3How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
Jer 15:15
72%
15O Jehovah, thou knowest; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach.
Ps 25:19
72%
19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Job 16:10
71%
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Ps 31:7
71%
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Ps 41:7
71%
7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
Isa 37:28
71%
28But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
2 Sam 22:41
71%
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Ps 54:7
71%
7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; And mine eye hath seen [my desire] upon mine enemies.
Ps 109:20
71%
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Ps 139:5
71%
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
Lam 3:3
71%
3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Ps 38:12
71%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 102:8
71%
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
Jer 11:18
71%
18And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings.
Hos 7:2
71%
2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
Ps 18:40
71%
40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Lam 2:16
71%
16All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Ps 139:1
71%
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
Job 33:10
71%
10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:
Lam 3:43
70%
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Jer 20:10
70%
10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, [say] all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Lam 3:64
70%
64Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
Ps 109:27
70%
27That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
Ps 109:5
70%
5And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
Ps 118:7
70%
7Jehovah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
Hab 1:3
70%
3Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
Ps 55:3
70%
3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
Ps 31:13
70%
13For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
2 Kgs 19:27
70%
27But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
Ps 59:3
70%
3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Job 13:1
70%
1Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.