Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
צ Tsade
hunted me like a bird.
New American Standard Bible
Hunted me down
King James Version
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
International Standard Version
My enemies hunted me like a bird, viciously and without justification.
A Conservative Version
They have chased me grievously like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
American Standard Version
They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.
Amplified
Without cause my enemies
Hunted me down like a bird;
Bible in Basic English
They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;
Darby Translation
They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
Julia Smith Translation
Hunting, they hunted me as a bird, mine enemies, gratuitously.
King James 2000
My enemies chased me hard, like a bird, without cause.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My enemies hunt me without cause, like a bird.
Modern King James verseion
My haters have hunted me, like a bird, without cause.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{Tsadi} Mine enemies hunted me out sharply, like a bird; yea, and that without a cause.
NET Bible
(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.
New Heart English Bible
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
The Emphasized Bible
They, have laid snares, for me as a bird, who are mine enemies without cause:
Webster
My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.
World English Bible
They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:52
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
51
because of the fate of all the women in my city.
hunted me like a bird.
and threw stones at me.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 35:7
they dug a pit for me without cause.
Psalm 35:19
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.
1 Samuel 24:10-15
You can see with your own eyes that the Lord handed you over to me today in the cave.
1 Samuel 25:28-29
Please forgive your servant’s offense,
1 Samuel 26:18-20
Then he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
Psalm 11:1
For the choir director. Davidic.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!
Psalm 69:4
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.
Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Psalm 109:3
and attack me without cause.
Psalm 119:161
שׂ Sin/ שׁ Shin
but my heart fears only Your word.
Jeremiah 37:15-16
The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan
Jeremiah 37:18
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people that you have put me in prison?
Jeremiah 38:4-6
The officials then said to the king, “This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but disaster.”
John 15:25