Lamentations 3:53
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Lamentations 3:53 in other translations
| BSB | They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. |
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| WEB | They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me. |
| ASV | They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me. |
| YLT | They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me. |
| DARBY | They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me. |
| BBE | They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones. |
| Webster | They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. |
What does Lamentations 3:53 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:52-54
52-54. 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).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:42-54
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.
Lamentations 3:53 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:53
- Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
- Daniel 6:17
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
- Jeremiah 38:9
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
- Jeremiah 37:16
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
- Matthew 27:66
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
- Matthew 27:60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Jeremiah 37:20
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
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- Lamentations 3:52
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
- Lamentations 3:53
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
- Lamentations 3:54
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Lamentations 3:53 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ataron mi vida en mazmorra, pusieron piedra sobre mí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils m’ont ôté la vie dans une fosse, et ont jeté des pierres sur moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie haben mein Leben in die Grube hinein vernichtet und Steine auf mich geworfen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Lapsa est in lacum vita mea, et posuerunt lapidem super me. |