King James Version

Lamentations 3:65

Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

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תִּתֵּ֤ןtitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָהֶם֙lahemtoלָהֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toמְגִנַּתmeginatsorrow. See also H4043מְגִנָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “sorrow. See also H4043”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4044a covering (in a bad sense), i.e. blindness or obduracysorrow. See also H4043 (מָגֵן).לֵ֔בlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖taalatekhacurseתַּאֲלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “curse”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8381an imprecationcurse.לָהֶֽםlahemtoלָהֶֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.

World English Bible

You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

Darby Translation

give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;

Douay-Rheims

Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thau. Thou wilt give them as a covering, the grief of my heart.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΘΑΥ. Ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμὸν, καρδίας μου μόχθον.