Lamentations 3:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.
Webster's Revision
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
World English Bible
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
English Revised Version (ERV)
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Barnes's Lamentations 3:11 Bible Commentary
The meaning is, "God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces."
Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah.