Lamentations 3:44

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Lam 3:8 : 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
Zech 7:13 : 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Jer 15:1 : 1 Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Jer 14:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.
Ps 80:4 : 4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:42-43
2 verses
85%
42We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Lam 3:45
78%
45Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
Ps 44:19
74%
19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Job 15:4
73%
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
Ps 44:9-10
2 verses
73%
9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
Ps 44:24
73%
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Job 38:34
73%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job 22:13-14
2 verses
72%
13And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
Job 22:11
72%
11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
Isa 64:7
72%
7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Ps 80:4
72%
4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Job 26:9
72%
9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 36:32
72%
32He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
Ps 65:3
71%
3Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
Lam 5:22
71%
22But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.
Ps 90:8
71%
8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Ps 89:44-46
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71%
44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. {H5542}
46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Job 13:24
71%
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Isa 59:2
71%
2but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Lam 3:8
70%
8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
Ps 60:1
70%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Job 17:4
70%
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Isa 1:15
70%
15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Ps 104:2
70%
2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Mal 2:13
70%
13And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Ps 44:13
70%
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
Isa 40:27
69%
27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
Ps 89:38-39
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69%
38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
Ps 44:16-17
2 verses
69%
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Jer 3:3
69%
3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Ps 10:1
69%
1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
1 Kgs 8:35
69%
35When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:
Isa 64:12
69%
12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Job 19:8
69%
8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Job 30:21
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21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Ps 88:13
69%
13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
Ps 85:3
69%
3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.
Jer 14:22
69%
22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
Hab 3:12
69%
12Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.
2 Chr 6:26
69%
26When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:
Ps 38:1
68%
1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Deut 11:17
68%
17and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.
Jer 14:20
68%
20We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.