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Lamentations 3:54

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 54 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

Context

v.53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

v.54This passage

v.55I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 124:4

    Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;

  • Psalms 18:4

    The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

  • Psalms 69:15

    Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

  • Lamentations 3:18

    And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

  • Psalms 31:22

    As for me, 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.

  • Job 17:11

    My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.