New International Version (NIV)
1I am the man who has seen affliction
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
Lamentations 3:1
Lamentations 3:1 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
1I am the man who has seen misery
Because of the rod of His wrath.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
1I am the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
1I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
1 I 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, each 3–verse stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
1I am a man who has suffered greatly.
The Lord has used the Babylonians
to punish my people.