Lamentations 3:54
52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
56 You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
- KJV
- Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
- WEB
- Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
- ASV
- Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
- DARBY
- Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
- BLB
- the waters flowed over my head; I said I have been cut off!
- ÅB
- Vannene strømmet over mitt hode; jeg sa: Jeg er fortapt.
- OTB
- Vannet lukket seg over mitt hode, og jeg trodde jeg var avskåret.
- B1930
- Vannene strømmet over mitt hode; jeg sa: Jeg er fortapt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jonah 2:3–5
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Read in contextPsalms 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Read in contextPsalms 69:1–2
Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:8–10
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
Read in contextLamentations 3:18
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
Read in contextPsalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Read in contextPsalms 69:15
Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
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