# Lamentations 3.19

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**Book:** [Lamentations](/codex/lamentations/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 17. And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity. 18. And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
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> **19. Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.**
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> 20. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me. 21. This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope. (Lamentations 3:17-21, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 17. You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity. 18. I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
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> **19. Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.**
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> 20. My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. 21. This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. (Lamentations 3:17-21, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 17. And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. <sup>prosperity: Heb. good</sup> 18. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
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> **19. Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. <sup>Remembering: or, Remember</sup>**
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> 20. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. <sup>humbled: Heb. bowed</sup> 21. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. <sup>recall: Heb. make to return to my heart</sup> (Lamentations 3:17-21, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 17. And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity. 18. And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
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> **19. Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!**
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> 20. Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me. 21. This I turn to my heart, therefore I hope. (Lamentations 3:17-21, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Passages:**

- [Amos 5.7](/codex/amos-5-7/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.