Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Waters, flowed over, my head, I said, I am cut off!
New American Standard Bible
I said, “I am cut off!”
King James Version
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Holman Bible
and I thought: I’m going to die!
International Standard Version
Water closed over my head, and I said, "I'm a dead man."
A Conservative Version
Waters flowed over my head. I said, I am cut off.
American Standard Version
Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Amplified
The waters ran down on my head;
I said, “I am cut off (destroyed)!”
Bible in Basic English
Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Darby Translation
Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Julia Smith Translation
Waters were spread over my head; I said I was cut off.
King James 2000
Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Water has flown over my head, I said, "I am cut off."
Modern King James verseion
Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They poured water upon my head, then thought I, "Now am I undone."
NET Bible
The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.
New Heart English Bible
Waters flowed over my head; I said, 'I am finished.'
Webster
Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.
World English Bible
Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Youngs Literal Translation
Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:54
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
53 They have cut off, in the dungeon, my life, and have cast a stone upon me; 54 Waters, flowed over, my head, I said, I am cut off! 55 I have called upon thy Name, O Yahweh, out of the dungeon below;
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
For thou hast cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and, a flood, enveloped me, - All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, passed.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then said he unto me, Son of man. These bones, are all the house of Israel, - Lo! they are saying. Dried are our bones, and lost is our hope We are quite cut off!
Job 17:11-16
My days, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
Psalm 18:4
The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid;
Psalm 31:22
But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, - But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.
Psalm 69:1-2
Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;
Psalm 69:15
Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.
Psalm 124:4-5
Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul;
Isaiah 38:10-13
I, said - In the noontide of my days, I must enter the gates of hades, - I am deprived of the residue of ray years!
Lamentations 3:18
And I said, Vanished is mine endurance, even mine expectation, from Yahweh.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened in Asia, - that, exceedingly, beyond power, were we weighed down, so that we despaired, even of life.