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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
b and my skin
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
hath he made old
balah (Hebrew #1086)
to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
KJV usage: consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.
Pronounce: baw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
; he hath broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
c my bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
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Job 16:8• 8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face. (Job 16:8)
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Psa. 51:8• 8Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. (Psa. 51:8)
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Jer. 50:17• 17Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer. 50:17)

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My flesh.
Job 16:8‑9• 8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.
 9His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me. (Job 16:8‑9)
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Psa. 31:9‑10• 9Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
 10For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted. (Psa. 31:9‑10)
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Psa. 32:3• 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long. (Psa. 32:3)
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Psa. 38:2‑8• 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.
 4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
 5My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
 6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
 7For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
 8I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart. (Psa. 38:2‑8)
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Psa. 102:3‑5• 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
 4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
 5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. (Psa. 102:3‑5)
he hath.
Psa. 22:14• 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. (Psa. 22:14)
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Psa. 51:8• 8Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. (Psa. 51:8)
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Isa. 38:13• 13I kept still until the morning; … as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me. (Isa. 38:13)
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Jer. 50:17• 17Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him, and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. (Jer. 50:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.