Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
WEB
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
YLT
Me He hath led, and causeth to go in darkness, and without light.
DBT
Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC