Lamentations 3:40

נ (Nun)

3:40 Let us carefully examine our ways,

and let us return to the Lord.

Lamentations 3:50

3:50 until the Lord looks down from heaven

and sees what has happened.


tn Heb “Let us test our ways and examine.” The two verbs וְנַחְקֹרָהנַחְפְּשָׂה (nakhpÿsahvÿnakhqorah, “Let us test and let us examine”) form a verbal hendiadys in which the first functions adverbially and the second retains its full verbal force: “Let us carefully examine our ways.”

tn The phrase “what has happened” is added in the translation for smoother English style and readability.