King James Version

Lamentations 3:16

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

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וַיַּגְרֵ֤סvayagresand breakגָּרַסconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and break”, the next action in the storyH1638to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolvebreak.בֶּֽחָצָץ֙bechatsatsin arrowחָצָץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in arrow”, the ordinary formH2687properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); an arrowarrow, gravel (stone).שִׁנָּ֔יshinayivoryשֵׁןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “ivory”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8127a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliffcrag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִיhikhpishanicoverכָּפַשׁverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “cover”, a completed actionH3728to tread down; figuratively, to humiliatecover.בָּאֵֽפֶרbaeferin ashesאֵפֶרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in ashes”, the ordinary formH665ashesashes.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.

Young’s Literal Translation

And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.

World English Bible

He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.

Darby Translation

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

Douay-Rheims

Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐξέβαλε ψήφῳ ὀδόντας μου· ἐψώμισέ με σποδὸν,