Lamentations 3:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ He has made my teeth grind on gravel; he has made me cower in ashes;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath covered me with ashes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ He has also broken my teeth with gravel (stones); He has covered me with ashes.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ He crushed my teeth into the gravel; he pressed me down into the ashes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ VAU. And he has broken each one of my teeth; he has fed me with ashes.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

Lamentations 3:16 Cross References

Job 2:8

Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.

Job 4:10

The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Psalm 102:9

Indeed, I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,

Psalm 3:7

Rise up, O Lord! Deliver me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

Proverbs 20:17

Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only child, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Jonah 3:6

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Matthew 7:9

Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for bread, would give a stone?

Luke 11:11

Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for a fish, would give a snake instead of a fish?