Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.
New American Standard Bible
And have
King James Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Holman Bible
and threw stones at me.
International Standard Version
They dumped me alive into a pit, sealing me in with stone.
A Conservative Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
American Standard Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
Amplified
They silenced me in the pit
And placed a stone over me.
Bible in Basic English
They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
Darby Translation
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
Julia Smith Translation
They cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone upon me.
King James 2000
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They have silenced me in a pit}, they have thrown a stone at me.
Modern King James verseion
They have cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone at me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me.
New Heart English Bible
They have cut off my life in a pit, and have cast a stone on me.
The Emphasized Bible
They have cut off, in the dungeon, my life, and have cast a stone upon me;
Webster
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
World English Bible
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
Interlinear
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References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:53
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
52 (Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird. 53 They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me. 54 The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.
Jeremiah 38:9
"Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.
Daniel 6:17
Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening to the den. The king sealed it with his signet ring and with those of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel.
Jeremiah 37:16
So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.
Jeremiah 37:20
But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there."
Matthew 27:60
and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
Matthew 27:66
So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.