Lamentations 3:54

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

Waters have flowed over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

YLT

Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

DBY

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

DRC

Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

GNV

Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.

JPS

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

LXXE

Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.

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Original-language editions

WLC

צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃

LXX-Br

Ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου· εἶπα, ἄπωσμαι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
• Jonah 2:3–5For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me. At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more…
• 2 Corinthians 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we felt we were…
• Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
• Psalms 69:1–2Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
• Lamentations 3:18So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
• Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
• Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
• Job 17:11–16My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart. They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in…
• Isaiah 38:10–13I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer…
• Psalms 124:4–5then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, then the raging waters would have swept us away.

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