Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me.
New American Standard Bible
And have
King James Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Holman Bible
and threw stones at me.
International Standard Version
They dumped me alive into a pit, sealing me in with stone.
A Conservative Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
American Standard Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
Amplified
They silenced me in the pit
And placed a stone over me.
Bible in Basic English
They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
Darby Translation
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
Julia Smith Translation
They cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone upon me.
King James 2000
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They have silenced me in a pit}, they have thrown a stone at me.
Modern King James verseion
They have cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone at me.
NET Bible
They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.
New Heart English Bible
They have cut off my life in a pit, and have cast a stone on me.
The Emphasized Bible
They have cut off, in the dungeon, my life, and have cast a stone upon me;
Webster
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
World English Bible
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
Interlinear
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References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:53
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
52 {Tsadi} Mine enemies hunted me out sharply, like a bird; yea, and that without a cause. 53 They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me. 54 They poured water upon my head, then thought I, "Now am I undone."
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire.
Jeremiah 38:9
"My lord the king, whereas these men meddle with Jeremiah the prophet, they do him wrong: Namely, in that they have put him in prison, there to die of hunger for there is no more bread in the city."
Daniel 6:17
And there was brought a stone, and laid upon the hole of the den: this the king sealed with his own ring, and with the signet of his princes: that the king's commandment concerning Daniel, should not be broken.
Jeremiah 37:16
Thus was Jeremiah put into the dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long time.
Jeremiah 37:20
And therefore hear now, O my lord the king: let my prayer be accepted before thee, and send me no more into the house of Jonathan the Scribe, that I die not there."
Matthew 27:60
and put it in his new tomb, which he had hewn out even in the rock, and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed.
Matthew 27:66
And they went and made the sepulchre sure with watchmen, and sealed the stone.