Lamentations 3:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:26 : 26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Isa 59:9 : 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Jer 4:23 : 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Lam 2:1 : 1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Lam 3:53-55 : 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Deut 28:29 : 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Lam 3:3-7
5 verses
84%
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Lam 3:1
82%
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Job 19:8-9
2 verses
81%
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job 29:3
80%
3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Lam 3:9-12
4 verses
80%
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Ps 143:3-4
2 verses
79%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Job 10:21-22
2 verses
77%
21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Ps 139:11-12
2 verses
77%
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Job 23:17
77%
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Lam 1:13
75%
13From above 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.
Job 3:23
75%
23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job 3:20
75%
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 16:11
75%
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Ps 43:3
74%
3O send out{H8798)} thy light and thy truth: let them lead{H8686)} me; let them bring{H8686)} me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
2 Sam 22:29
74%
29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Job 3:4-5
2 verses
74%
4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Ps 88:6
74%
6Thou hast laid{H8804)} me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Job 18:6
74%
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Job 30:26
74%
26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Ps 18:28
74%
28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Lam 3:15-17
3 verses
74%
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Job 18:18
74%
18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 17:12-13
2 verses
74%
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Amos 5:20
73%
20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Isa 42:16
73%
16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Ps 142:3
73%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Job 30:19
73%
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Job 5:14
73%
14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job 38:19
73%
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job 12:25
73%
25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Isa 8:22
73%
22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Jer 13:16
73%
16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Mic 7:9
73%
9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Isa 38:15
73%
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 3:9
72%
9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: