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Lamentations 3:6
Lamentations 3:6 is verse 6 of Lamentations chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
World English Bible
He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
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Lamentations 3:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 88:5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.