Lamentations 3:8
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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 unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Read in contextPsalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Read in contextJob 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Read in contextMatthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Read in contextLamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Read in contextHabakkuk 1:2
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Read in contextPsalms 80:4
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
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