Lamentations 3:52
50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
- KJV
- Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
- WEB
- They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
- ASV
- They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.
- DARBY
- They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
- BLB
- My enemies have hunted me relentlessly like a bird, without cause;
- ÅB
- Hårdt jaget de meg som en fugl de som var mine fiender uten årsak.
- OTB
- De som var mine fiender uten grunn forfulgte meg som en fugl.
- B1930
- Hårdt jaget de mig som en fugl de som var mine fiender uten årsak.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 35:19
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
Read in contextPsalms 35:7
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:4–6
Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
Read in contextPsalms 69:4
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Read in contextJohn 15:25
But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
Read in context1 Samuel 24:10–15
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
Read in context1 Samuel 25:28–29
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
Read in contextPsalms 11:1
In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
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