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Lamentations 3:17

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

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וַתִּזְנַ֧חvatiznachand cast awayזָנַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and cast away”, the next action in the storyH2186reject, forsake, failcast away (off), remove far away (off).מִשָּׁל֛וֹםmishalomfrom healthשָׁלוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from health”, the ordinary formH7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace[idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] whol…נַפְשִׁ֖יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…נָשִׁ֥יתִיnashitiforgetנָשָׁהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “forget”, a completed actionH5382to forget; figuratively, to neglect; causatively, to remit, removeforget, deprive, exact.טוֹבָֽהtovahgoodטוֹבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “good”, the ordinary formH2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.

World English Bible

You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.

Darby Translation

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.

Douay-Rheims

Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἀπώσατο ἐξ εἰρήνης ψυχήν μου· ἐπελαθόμην ἀγαθά.