Lamentations 3:1

English Standard Version

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; (Ps 2:9; Jer 20:18)

New International Version

1 [1] I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.

New International Reader’s Version

1 I am a man who has suffered greatly. The LORD has used the Babylonians to punish my people.

King James Version

1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.