Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Holman Bible
He rejects my prayer.
International Standard Version
Indeed, when I cry out, calling for help, he shuts out my prayer.
A Conservative Version
Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Amplified
Even when I cry out and shout for help,
He shuts out my prayer.
Bible in Basic English
Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
Darby Translation
Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Julia Smith Translation
Also when I shall exclaim and cry out, he stopped my prayer.
King James 2000
Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Though I cry out for help, he shuts out my prayers.
Modern King James verseion
Also when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.
NET Bible
Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea, when I make outcry and implore, he hath shut out my prayer;
Webster
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
World English Bible
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Psalm 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Psalm 80:4
O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Habakkuk 1:2
O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?