Lamentations 3:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And You have bereaved my soul and cast it off far from peace; I have forgotten what good and happiness are.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ I’ve rejected peace; I’ve forgotten what is good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ VAU. And my soul has been driven away from peace; I have forgotten what is good.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace: I have forgotten good things.

Lamentations 3:17 Cross References

Genesis 41:30

After them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; the famine will consume the land.

Job 7:7

“Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.

Psalm 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes.

Isaiah 38:17

Surely it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness, but you have held back my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Jeremiah 12:12

Upon all the bare heights in the desert, spoilers have come, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no one shall be safe.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your heart loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning or go to lament or bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, my steadfast love and mercy.

Jeremiah 8:15

We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.

Lamentations 1:16

For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my courage; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.

Zechariah 8:10

For before those days there were no wages for people or for animals, nor was there any safety from the foe for those who went out or came in, and I set them all against one another.