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

52My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird. 53They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me. The water rose over my head, and I cried out, “This is the end!” 55But I called on your name, Lord, from deep within the pit. 56You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!”

Lamentations 3:54 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• flowed overצוּףtsûph · to flowH6687
• mine headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I am cut offגָּזַרgâzar · to cutH1504

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:54

• Psalms 18:4The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me.
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
• Psalms 124:4The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
• Jonah 2:3You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
• Lamentations 3:18I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”
• Job 17:11My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken.
• Psalms 31:22In panic I cried out, “I am cut off from the Lord!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.
• Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”
• Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’
• 2 Corinthians 1:8We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it.

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