KJV King James Version
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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Lamentations 3:13
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
WEB World English Bible
He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
ASV American Standard Version
He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
Surrounding context — Lamentations 3
10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.Job 41:28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
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