Berean Standard Bible

“Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?”

Lamentations 1:12

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Lamentations was written after Jerusalem fell to Babylon, and its first chapter pictures the city as a grieving widow. The poet gives her a voice in the second half of the chapter.

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Lamentations 1:1How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

World English Bible (WEB)

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, with which Yahweh has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

King James Version (KJV)

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of my wound, which the Lord has sent on me in the day of his burning wrath.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿No os conmueve á cuantos pasáis por el camino? Mirad, y ved si hay dolor como mi dolor que me ha venido; porque Jehová me ha angustiado en el día de la ira de su furor.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¿Acaso no los conmueve a todos ustedes los que pasan? Miren y juzguen si hay dolor como el mío, el que el Señor me ha causado en el día de su gran enojo.

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Lamentations 1:12

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