Parallel Verses
World English 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.'
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.
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 have cast a stone on me. 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off. 55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
Job 17:11-16
My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
Psalm 18:4
The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Psalm 31:22
As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
Psalm 69:1-2
Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
Psalm 69:15
Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
Psalm 124:4-5
then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
Isaiah 38:10-13
I said, "In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years."
Lamentations 3:18
I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.