King James Version

Lamentations 3:11

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

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דְּרָכַ֥יderakhayalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).סוֹרֵ֛רsorerturnסוּרverb, polel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “turn”, a completed actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִיvayfashcheniand pull in piecesפָּשַׁחconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and pull in pieces”, the next action in the storyH6582to tear in piecespull in pieces.שָׂמַ֥נִיsamaniputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…שֹׁמֵֽםshomemdesolateשָׁמֵםverb, qal, participle, absolute — “desolate”, a verb used as a describing wordH8076ruineddesolate.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

Young’s Literal Translation

My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

World English Bible

He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.

Darby Translation

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

Douay-Rheims

Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He pursued me after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

κατεδίωξεν ἀφεστηκότα, καὶ κατέπαυσέ με, ἔθετό με ἠφανισμένην.