54the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to be cut off.


In Context

51 What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.

52 Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.

53 They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;

54 the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to be cut off.

55 I called on your name, O Lord , from the depths of the pit.

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

Lamentations 3:54 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:54Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:54Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:54Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:54Waters flowed over mine head; I said, I am cut off.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:54Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:54Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:54Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.