Lamentations 3 · Verse 8

Lamentations 3:8

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lamentations 3:8, King James Version

Lamentations 3:8 in other translations

BSBEven when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
WEBYes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
ASVYea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
YLTAlso when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
DARBYEven when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
BBEEven when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
WebsterAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

What does Lamentations 3:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:7-9

7-9. hedged--(Job 3:23; Ho 2:6). chain--literally, "chain of brass."

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20

The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in God's mercies. Verses 1-20 The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the…

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Lamentations 3:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּ֣םgamalsoH1571
כִּ֤יkiifH3588
אֶזְעַק֙'ez.'AkI will cry outH2199
וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַva.'a.sha.Ve.a'and I may cry for helpH7768
שָׂתַ֖םsa.Tamhe has shut outH5640
תְּפִלָּתִֽי\׃te.fi.la.Tiprayer myH8605

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 3:8

  • Job 30:20

    I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • Psalms 22:2

    O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

  • Job 19:7

    Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

  • Matthew 27:46

    And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

  • Lamentations 3:44

    Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

  • Habakkuk 1:2

    O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

  • Psalms 80:4

    O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
44; Job 19:7; 30:20; Ps 22:2; 80:4; Hab 1:2; Mt 27:46

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Lamentations 3:7

    He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Lamentations 3:9

    He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

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Lamentations 3:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aun cuando clamé y dí voces, cerro los oídos á mi oración.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Même quand je crie et que j’élève ma voix, il ferme l’accès à ma prière.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ich auch schreie und rufe, so hemmt er mein Gebet
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.