Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Panic and pitfalls beset us, along with devastation and ruin.
New American Standard Bible
Devastation and destruction;
King James Version
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Holman Bible
devastation and destruction.
A Conservative Version
Fear and the pit have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
American Standard Version
Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.
Amplified
Panic and pitfall (traps, danger) have come on us,
Devastation and destruction.
Bible in Basic English
Fear and deep waters have come on us, wasting and destruction.
Darby Translation
Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
Julia Smith Translation
Fear and a snare were to us, desolation and breaking
King James 2000
Fear and a snare has come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Fear and a pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Modern King James verseion
Fear and a pit have come to us, shame and ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Fear and snare is come upon us; yea, despite and destruction.
NET Bible
Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction.
New Heart English Bible
Fear and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.
The Emphasized Bible
Terror and a pit, have befallen us, tumult and grievous injury;
Webster
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
World English Bible
Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation and destruction.
Youngs Literal Translation
Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
Interlinear
References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
46 All our enemies jeer at us with gaping mouths. 47 Panic and pitfalls beset us, along with devastation and ruin. 48 My eyes run with rivers of tears over the destruction of my cherished people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:17-18
"Terror and pit and snare are coming in your direction, you inhabitants of the earth!
Isaiah 51:19
"These twin things have come upon you (who can feel sorry for you?): ruin and destruction, famine and the sword who can console you?
Jeremiah 48:43-44
Terror, pit, and trap will be used against you who live in Moab," declares the LORD.
Lamentations 1:4
The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.
Lamentations 1:13
He sent fire from on high, making it penetrate my bones. He stretched out a net at my feet, forcing me to turn back. He made me desolate; I'm fainting all day long.
Lamentations 2:1-9
How the Lord in his wrath shamed cherished Zion! He cast down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, He did not remember his footstool in the time of his anger.
Luke 21:35
like a trap, because it will come on everyone who lives on the face of the earth.