King James Version

Lamentations 3:63

Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

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שִׁבְתָּ֤םshivtamdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “dwell”, the to-form of the verbH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…וְקִֽימָתָם֙veqimatamand rising upקִימָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and rising up”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7012an arisingrising up.הַבִּ֔יטָהhabitahlookנָבַטverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “look”, a commandH5027to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care(cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.אֲנִ֖יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.מַנְגִּינָתָֽםmanginatammusicמַנְגִּינָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “music”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4485a satiremusic.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

Young’s Literal Translation

Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.

World English Bible

You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.

Darby Translation

Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.

Douay-Rheims

Sin. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, I am their song.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

their sitting down and their rising up: look thou upon their eyes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καθέδραν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνάστασιν αὐτῶν· ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν.