King James Version

Lamentations 3:45

Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

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סְחִ֧יsechioffscouringסְחִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “offscouring”, the ordinary formH5501refuse (as swept off)offscouring.וּמָא֛וֹסumaosand refuseמָאוֹסconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and refuse”, the ordinary formH3973refuserefuse.תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּtesimenvputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “put”, an unfinished 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]…בְּקֶ֥רֶבbeqerevin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…הָעַמִּֽיםhaamimthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast made us an offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

Young’s Literal Translation

Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.

World English Bible

You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.

Darby Translation

Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

Douay-Rheims

Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and be cast off. Ain. Thou hast set us alone in the midst of the nations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καμμύσαι με καὶ ἀπωσθῆναι. ΑΙΝ. Ἔθηκας ἡμᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λαῶν.