Parallel Verses
King James Version
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
New American Standard Bible
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.'
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 cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Job 17:11-16
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Psalm 69:1-2
{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Psalm 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Isaiah 38:10-13
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: