The Meaning of Lamentations 3:50 Explained

Lamentations 3:50

KJV: Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

YLT: Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,

Darby: till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.

ASV: Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Till the LORD  look down,  and behold  from heaven. 

What does Lamentations 3:50 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:50 mean?

Till Looks down and sees Yahweh from heaven
עַד־ יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם

עַד־  Till 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
יַשְׁקִ֣יף  Looks  down 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁקַף  
Sense: to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down.
וְיֵ֔רֶא  and  sees 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִשָּׁמָֽיִם  from  heaven 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.