Lamentations 3:54

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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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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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

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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

Jonah 2:3-5 : 3 For 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. 4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead: 10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
Job 17:11-16 : 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness. 13 If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister; 15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Ps 18:4 : 4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Ps 31:22 : 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Ps 124:4-5 : 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul; 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Isa 38:10-13 : 10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 13 I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Lam 3:18 : 18 And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Lam 3:53
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53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
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.
Ps 69:1-2
2 verses
79%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Ps 42:7
78%
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
2 Sam 22:5-6
2 verses
78%
5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
6The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Lam 3:55
77%
55I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
Ps 18:16
76%
16He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
Ps 31:22
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22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Ps 124:4-5
2 verses
76%
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
2 Sam 22:17
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17He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
Ps 18:4-5
2 verses
75%
4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Ps 69:14-15
2 verses
75%
14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Job 30:14
75%
14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
Ps 88:16-17
2 verses
75%
16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
2 Kgs 19:24
73%
24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Lam 3:17-18
2 verses
73%
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
Ps 143:3-4
2 verses
73%
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.
Ps 22:14-15
2 verses
72%
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.
Ps 116:3
72%
3The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps 88:7
72%
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {H5542}
Job 28:4
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4He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
Ps 130:1
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1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.
Job 22:16
72%
16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Job 3:24
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24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
Ps 40:12
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12For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.
Isa 37:25
71%
25I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
Ps 38:4
71%
4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Ps 61:2
71%
2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Isa 38:10
71%
10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Job 30:16
71%
16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Exod 15:5
71%
5The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.
Lam 3:11
71%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Lam 3:6-7
2 verses
70%
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.
Job 30:19
70%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Lam 1:14
70%
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.
Ps 88:4
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4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
Lam 3:9
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9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.