Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Waters were flowing 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)!”
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.'
The Emphasized Bible
Waters, flowed over, my head, I said, I am cut off!
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 put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones. 54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off. 55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are all the children of Israel: and see, they are saying, Our bones have become dry our hope is gone, we are cut off completely.
Job 17:11-16
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.
Psalm 18:4
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
Psalm 31:22
And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
Psalm 69:1-2
Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.
Psalm 69:15
Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
Isaiah 38:10-13
I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.
Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life: