Lamentations 3:53

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Jer 38:6 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Jer 38:9 : 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 in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.
Dan 6:17 : 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 nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
Jer 37:16 : 16 When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Jer 37:20 : 20 And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
Matt 27:60 : 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 tomb, and departed.
Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Lam 3:54-55
2 verses
83%
54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
55I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
Lam 3:52
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52They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.
Ps 143:3-4
2 verses
79%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Lam 3:4-9
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78%
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Lam 3:11
78%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Ps 57:6
77%
6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
Ps 55:3-4
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3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Ps 35:7
75%
7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
Jonah 2:3-6
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3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Job 30:19
75%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Job 30:11-14
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74%
11For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.
14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
Lam 1:13-14
2 verses
74%
13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Lam 3:16-17
2 verses
74%
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
Ps 22:14-16
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14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
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Ps 142:3
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Job 16:11
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11God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
Ps 59:3
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Ps 43:2
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Jer 11:19
72%
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Ps 88:16
72%
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Ps 31:22
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Ps 109:3
72%
3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
Isa 38:12
72%
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Ps 88:3
72%
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Ps 9:13
72%
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Job 19:9
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Ps 7:5
72%
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