Lamentations 3:55

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 55 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

v.55This passage

v.56Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

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

Psalms 18:5
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Psalms 116:3
The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Jonah 2:2
And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.
Psalms 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.