Parallel Verses
NET Bible
So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord."
New American Standard Bible
And so has my
King James Version
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Holman Bible
as well as my hope from the Lord.
International Standard Version
So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."
A Conservative Version
And I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from LORD.
American Standard Version
And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
Amplified
So I say, “My strength has perished
And so has my hope and expectation from the Lord.”
Bible in Basic English
And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
Darby Translation
And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, My glory perished, and my hope from Jehovah:
King James 2000
And I said, My strength and my hope has perished from the LORD:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I have said, "My glory is ruined, my expectation from Yahweh."
Modern King James verseion
And I said, My strength and my hope from Jehovah are gone.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I thought in myself, "I am undone; there is no hope for me in the LORD."
New Heart English Bible
And I said, "My strength and my hope has perished from the LORD."
The Emphasized Bible
And I said, Vanished is mine endurance, even mine expectation, from Yahweh.
Webster
And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
World English Bible
I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
17 I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. 18 So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord." 19 (Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.
Cross References
Job 17:15
where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'
1 Samuel 27:1
David thought to himself, "One of these days I'm going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand."
Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
Psalm 31:22
I jumped to conclusions and said, "I am cut off from your presence!" But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
Psalm 116:11
I rashly declared, "All men are liars."