Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Water has flown over my head, I said, "I am cut off."
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!
International Standard Version
Water closed over my head, and I said, "I'm a dead man."
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.
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 have silenced me in a pit}, they have thrown a stone at me. 54 Water has flown over my head, I said, "I am cut off." 55 I have called your name, O Yahweh, from the depths of the pit.
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
And you threw me [into the] deep, into the heart of [the] seas, and [the] sea currents surrounded me; all your breakers and your surging waves passed over me.
Ezekiel 37:11
And he said to me, "Son of man, these bones [are] all of the house of Israel; look! [they are] saying, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is destroyed; {we are cut off as far as we are concerned}.'
Job 17:11-16
"My days are past; my plans are broken down-- [even] the desires of my heart.
Psalm 18:4
The ropes of death encircled me, and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.
Psalm 31:22
As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before your eyes." However you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you for help.
Psalm 69:1-2
Save me, O God, because waters have come up to [my] neck.
Psalm 69:15
Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the waters would have flooded over us, [the] torrent would have passed over our soul.
Isaiah 38:10-13
I was the one who said, "I must go in the quiet of my days; I am summoned through the gates of Sheol [for] the rest of my years."
Lamentations 3:18
And I have said, "My glory is ruined, my expectation from Yahweh."
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the [province of] Asia, that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond [our] strength, so that we were in despair even of living.