King James Version

Lamentations 3:4

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

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בִּלָּ֤הbilahconsumeבָּלָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “consume”, a completed actionH1086to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.בְשָׂרִי֙vesaribodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.וְעוֹרִ֔יveoriand hideעוֹרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and hide”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5785skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leatherhide, leather, skin.שִׁבַּ֖רshibarbreakשָׁבַרverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).עַצְמוֹתָֽיatsmotaybodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.

World English Bible

He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

Darby Translation

My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

Douay-Rheims

Beth. My skin and my flesh he hath made old, he hath broken my bones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐπαλαίωσε σάρκα μου καὶ δέρμα μου, ὀστέα μου συνέτριψεν.