Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Waters flowed over my head; then 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 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 pit, and cast a stone at me. 54 Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 I called on Your name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
For You cast me into the depths of the seas, and the current surrounded me. All Your breakers and Your waves passed over me.
Ezekiel 37:11
And He said to 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 by ourselves.
Job 17:11-16
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the desires of my heart.
Psalm 18:4
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Your eyes; surely You heard the voice of my cries, when I cried to You.
Psalm 69:1-2
To the Chief Musician. Concerning the Lilies. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God! for the waters have come in on my soul.
Psalm 69:15
Do not let the flood of waters overflow me, nor let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
Psalm 124:4-5
then the waters would have flowed over us, the stream would have 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 have numbered the rest of my years.
Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope from Jehovah are gone.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For, brothers, we would not have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength; so much so that we despaired even of life.