Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Fear and a pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction.
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.
International Standard Version
Panic and pitfalls beset us, along with devastation and ruin.
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.
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
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us. 47 Fear and a pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Channels of water run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:17-18
Terror and [the] pit and [the] snare [are] upon you, inhabitants of the earth!
Isaiah 51:19
Two [things] here [have] happened to you--who will {show sympathy} for you?-- devastation and destruction, famine and sword--who will comfort you?
Jeremiah 48:43-44
Dread, and pit, and a trapping net [are] against you, O inhabitant of Moab," {declares} Yahweh.
Lamentations 1:4
The roads of Zion [are] mourning because no one comes to the festival. All her gates [are] desolate, her priests groan; her young women [are] worried, and she herself suffers bitterly.
Lamentations 1:13
From heaven he sent fire, into my bones he let it descend. He spread out a net for my feet; he turned me back, he gave me devastation, fainting all day.
Lamentations 2:1-9
How, {in his anger}, the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion in a cloud! He has thrown down from heavens [to] earth the splendor of Israel, and he has not remembered his footstool in the day of {his anger}.
Luke 21:35
like a trap. For it will come upon all who reside on the face of the whole earth.