Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You have heard my voice,
Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”

King James Version

Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Holman Bible

You hear my plea:
Do not ignore my cry for relief.

International Standard Version

You heard my voice don't close your ear to my sighs and cries.

A Conservative Version

Thou heard my voice. Hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

American Standard Version

Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Amplified


You have heard my voice,
“Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”

Bible in Basic English

My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.

Darby Translation

Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou heardest my voice: thou wilt not hide thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

King James 2000

You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You have heard my cry, "Do not shut your ear to my cry for help, for my relief!"

Modern King James verseion

You have heard my voice; do not hide Your ear at my relief, at my cry for help.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou hast heard my voice, and hast not turned away thine ears from my sighing and crying.

NET Bible

You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!"

New Heart English Bible

You heard my voice; do not hide your ear at my sighs, to my cry.

The Emphasized Bible

My voice, thou hast heard, - do not close thine ear to my respite, to mine outcry;

Webster

Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.

World English Bible

You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Youngs Literal Translation

My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
my voice
קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

עלם 
`alam 
Usage: 28

not thine ear
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

at my breathing
רוחה 
R@vachah 
Usage: 2

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Lamentations 3:56

References

Context Readings

Israel's Affliction

55 I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.
56 You have heard my voice,
Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”
57 You drew near when I called on You;
You said, “Do not fear!”



Cross References

Psalm 55:1

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

Job 34:28

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

2 Chronicles 33:13

When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai.

Psalm 3:4

I was crying to the Lord with my voice,
And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

Psalm 6:8-9

Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,
For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 66:19

But certainly God has heard;
He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Psalm 88:13-14

But I, O Lord, have cried out to You for help,
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

Psalm 116:1-2

I love the Lord, because He hears
My voice and my supplications.

Isaiah 38:5

“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Romans 8:26

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

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