King James Version

Lamentations 3:15

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

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הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִיhisbianifillשָׂבַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “fill”, a completed actionH7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.בַמְּרוֹרִ֖יםvamrorimin bitterמְרֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in bitter”, the ordinary formH4844a bitter herbbitter(-ness).הִרְוַ֥נִיhirvanibatheרָוָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bathe”, a completed actionH7301to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)bathe, make drunk, (take the) fill, satiate, (abundantly) satisfy, soak, water (abundantly).לַעֲנָֽהlaanahwormwoodלַעֲנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wormwood”, the ordinary formH3939wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)hemlock, wormwood.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood.

World English Bible

He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.

Darby Translation

He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

Douay-Rheims

He. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath inebriated me with wormwood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Vau. He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me with gall.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΟΥΑΥ. Ἐχόρτασέ με πικρίας, ἐμέθυσέ με χολῆς,