Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Water closed over my head, and I said, "I'm a dead man."
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!
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.
World English Bible
Waters flowed over my head; 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 dumped me alive into a pit, sealing me in with stone. 54 Water closed over my head, and I said, "I'm a dead man." 55 I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the Pit,
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
You cast me into the deep into the heart of the sea. Flood waters engulfed me. All your breakers and your waves swirled over me.
Ezekiel 37:11
"These bones represent the entire house of Israel," the LORD explained to me. "Look how they keep saying, "Our bones are dried up, and our future is lost. We've been completely eliminated!'
Job 17:11-16
My days are passed; my plans have been shattered; along with my heart's desires.
Psalm 18:4
The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.
Psalm 31:22
When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.
Psalm 69:1-2
Deliver me, God, because the waters are up to my neck.
Psalm 69:15
Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the flood waters would have overwhelmed us, the torrent would have flooded over us;
Isaiah 38:10-13
I said, "Must I leave in the prime of my life? Must I be consigned to the control of Sheol? Bitter are my years!"
Lamentations 3:18
So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living.