Lamentations 3:54 “The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.”

Lamentations 3:54

The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

World English Bible

Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.

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Cross references

“Waters”

Jonah 2:3–5 Psalm 18:4 Psalm 69:15 Psalm 69:1 Psalm 69:2 Psalm 124:4

Jonah 2:3–5 · BSB

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

Psalm 18:4 · BSB

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Psalm 69:15 · BSB

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalm 69:1 · BSB

Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

Psalm 69:2 · BSB

I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

Psalm 124:4 · BSB

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

“I said”

Ezekiel 37:11 Lamentations 3:18 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 Job 17:11–16 Psalm 31:22 Isaiah 38:10–13

Ezekiel 37:11 · BSB

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Lamentations 3:18 · BSB

So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

2 Corinthians 1:8–10 · BSB

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

Job 17:11–16 · BSB

My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

Psalm 31:22 · BSB

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

Isaiah 38:10–13 · BSB

I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

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