God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 3:54
54Water flowed over my head. I thought I was finished.
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
52“Those who were my enemies for no reason hunted me like a bird. 53They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me. Water flowed over my head. I thought I was finished. 55“I call your name from the deepest pit, O Lord. 56Listen to my cry ⌞for help⌟. Don’t close your ears when I cry out for relief.
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צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:54
- Psalms 18:4The ropes of death had become tangled around me. The torrents of destruction had overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!
- Psalms 124:4Then the floodwaters would have swept us away. An ⌞overflowing⌟ stream would have washed us away.
- Jonah 2:3You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
- Lamentations 3:18I said, ‘I’ve lost my strength ⌞to live⌟ and my hope in the Lord.’
- Job 17:11My days are passing by. My plans are broken. My dreams ⌞are shattered⌟.
- Psalms 31:22When I was panic-stricken, I said, “I have been cut off from your sight.” But you heard my pleas for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
- Isaiah 38:10I thought that in the prime of my life I would go down to the gates of Sheol and be robbed of the rest of my life.
- Ezekiel 37:11The Lord also said to me, “Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say, ‘Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.’
- 2 Corinthians 1:8Brothers and sisters, we don’t want you to be ignorant about the suffering we experienced in the province of Asia. It was so extreme that it was beyond our ability to endure. We even wondered if we could go on 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
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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
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