Lamentations 3:54
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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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 thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Read in contextPsalms 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Read in contextPsalms 69:1–2
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:8–10
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
Read in contextLamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Read in contextPsalms 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Read in contextPsalms 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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