Lamentations 3:8
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
- KJV
- Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
- WEB
- Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
- ASV
- Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
- DARBY
- Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
- BLB
- even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
- ÅB
- Om jeg enn ropte og skrek, lukket han sitt øre for min bønn.
- OTB
- Selv når jeg roper og ber om hjelp, blir min bønn ikke hørt.
- B1930
- Om jeg enn ropte og skrek, lukket han sitt øre for min bønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 30:20
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Read in contextPsalms 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Read in contextJob 19:7
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Read in contextMatthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Read in contextLamentations 3:44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
Read in contextHabakkuk 1:2
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Read in contextPsalms 80:4
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
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