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Lamentations 3:14

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3:14I have become the laughingstock of all people,32

their mocking song33 all day long.34

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  1. 32 The reads עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”). Many medieval Hebrew read עַמִּים (’ammim, “peoples”), as reflected also in . The internal evidence (contextual congruence) favors the variant עַמִּים (’ammim, “peoples”).
  2. 33 The noun נְגִינָה (néginah) is a musical term: (1) “music” played on strings (Isa 38:20; Lam 5:14), (2) a technical musical term (Pss 4:1; 6:1; 54:1; 55:1; 67:1; 76:1; Hab 3:19) and (3) “mocking song” (Pss 69:13; 77:7; Job 30:9; Lam 3:14). The parallelism with שׂחוֹק “laughingstock” indicates that the latter category of meaning is in view.
  3. 34 Heb “all of the day.” The idiom כָּל־הַיּוֹם (kol-hayyom, “all day”) means “continually” (Gen 6:5; Deut 28:32; 33:12; Pss 25:5; 32:3; 35:28; 37:26; 38:7, 13; 42:4, 11; 44:9, 16, 23; 52:3; 56:2, 3, 6; 71:8, 15, 24; 72:15; 73:14; 74:22; 86:3; 88:18; 89:17; 102:9; 119:97; Prov 21:26; 23:17; Isa 28:24; 51:13; 52:5; 65:2, 5; Jer 20:7, 8; Lam 1:13; 3:3, 62; Hos 12:2).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I have become the laughingstock of all my people,

the object of their taunts all day long.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I became the laughingstock of all my people;

they mock me in song all day long.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am a laughingstock to all my people,

mocked by their songs all day long.

NLTNew Living Translation

My own people laugh at me.

All day long they sing their mocking songs.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have become a laughingstock for all the people,

their mocking song all day long.

KJV 1900King James Version

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.