Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Indeed, when I cry out, calling for help, he shuts 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.
A Conservative Version
Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
American Standard Version
Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth 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 has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me. 8 Indeed, when I cry out, calling for help, he shuts out my prayer. 9 He impeded my way with blocks of stone, making my paths uneven.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 30:20
I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me.
Psalm 22:2
My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.
Job 19:7
"Although I cried out "Violence!' I received no answer; I cried for help, but there was no justice.
Psalm 80:4
LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, when will your smoldering anger toward your people's prayers cease?
Lamentations 3:44
You covered yourself with a cloud that prayer cannot pierce.
Habakkuk 1:2
"How long, LORD, must I cry out for help, but you won't listen? I'm crying out to you, "Violence!' but you aren't providing deliverance.
Matthew 27:46
About three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani?", which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"