Lamentations 3:54

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Jonah 2:3-5 : 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, 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, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet 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 is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Ps 31:22 : 22 For 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 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save{H8685)} me, O God; for the waters are come{H8804)} in unto my soul. 2 I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her 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 cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Lam 3:18 : 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

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 cast a stone upon me.
Jonah 2:3-6
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3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Ps 69:1-2
2 verses
79%
1To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save{H8685)} me, O God; for the waters are come{H8804)} in unto my soul.
2I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
Ps 42:7
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7Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
2 Sam 22:5-6
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78%
5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Lam 3:55
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55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Ps 18:16
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16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Ps 31:22
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22For 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 above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Ps 18:4-5
2 verses
75%
4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Ps 69:14-15
2 verses
75%
14Deliver{H8685)} me out of the mire, and let me not sink{H8799)}: let me be delivered{H8735)} from them that hate{H8802)} me, and out of the deep waters.
15Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
Job 30:14
75%
14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
Ps 88:16-17
2 verses
75%
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}.
17They came round about{H8804)} me daily like water; they compassed{H8689)} me about together.
2 Kgs 19:24
73%
24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Lam 3:17-18
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17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
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 darkness, 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 in the midst of my bowels.
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 sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps 88:7
72%
7Thy wrath lieth hard{H8804)} upon me, and thou hast afflicted{H8765)} me with all thy waves. Selah.
Job 28:4
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4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Ps 130:1
72%
1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Job 22:16
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16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Job 3:24
71%
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Ps 40:12
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12For innumerable evils have compassed{H8804)} me about: mine iniquities have taken hold{H8689)} upon me, so that I am not able{H8804)} to look up{H8800)}; they are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth{H8804)} me.
Isa 37:25
71%
25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
Ps 38:4
71%
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me.
Ps 61:2
71%
2From the end of the earth will I cry{H8799)} unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed{H8800)}: lead{H8686)} me to the rock that is higher{H8799)} than I.
Isa 38:10
71%
10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Job 30:16
71%
16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Exod 15:5
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5The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as 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 set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Job 30:19
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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 wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
Ps 88:4
70%
4I am counted{H8738)} with them that go down{H8802)} into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Lam 3:9
70%
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.