Lamentations 3:54

Lamentations 3:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
• New International Version (NIV)the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)water closed over my head; I said, 'I am lost.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)The waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”

Context of Lamentations 3:54

52They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird. 53They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me. Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off. 55I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit. 56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:54 word by word

צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ סRead the interlinear

• Watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• cutגָּזַרgâzar · to cutH1504

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:54

• Psalms 18:4The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
• Psalms 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;
• Jonah 2:3For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
• Lamentations 3:18And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
• Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
• Psalms 31:22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
• Isaiah 38:10I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
• Ezekiel 37:11And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened [to us] in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond [our] power, so as to despair even of living.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:54

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54Waters flowed over mine head - A figurative expression for great mental trouble.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 52-57This passage might refer to Jeremiah’s experience in the cistern (Jeremiah 37:11–15; 38:1–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 52-5452-54. a bird--which is destitute of counsel and strength. The allusion seems to be to Pr 1:17 [Calvin]. without cause--(Psa 69:4; 109:3, 4). Type of Messiah (Joh 15:25).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:54

• Jeremiah
• Prisoners

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings