Lamentations 3:8

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

Also when I call and cry out, || He has shut out my prayer.

YLT

Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

DBY

Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

DRC

Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.

GNV

Also when I cry and showte, hee shutteth out my prayer.

JPS

Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.

LXXE

Gimel. Yea, though I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.

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Original-language editions

WLC

גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

LXX-Br

ΓΙΜΕΛ. Καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω, ἀπέφραξε προσευχήν μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
• Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
• Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
• Matthew 27:46About 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?”
• Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
• Habakkuk 1:2How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
• Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

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