Lamentations 3:54

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jonah 2:3-5 : 3 You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. 4 I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! 5 Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
  • Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then he said to me,“Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying,‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
  • Job 17:11-16 : 11 My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart. 12 These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’ 13 If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, 14 If I cry to corruption,‘You are my father,’ and to the worm,‘My mother,’ or‘My sister,’ 15 where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it? 16 Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
  • Ps 18:4 : 4 The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
  • Ps 31:22 : 22 I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck. 2 I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.
  • Ps 69:15 : 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!
  • Ps 124:4-5 : 4 The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us. 5 The raging water would have overwhelmed us.
  • Isa 38:10-13 : 10 “I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’ 11 “I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. 12 My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life. 13 I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
  • Lam 3:18 : 18 So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:53
    83%

    53They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

  • Jonah 2:3-6
    4 verses
    83%

    3You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

    4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

    5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

    6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

    2I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

  • Ps 42:7
    78%

    7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    6The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

  • Lam 3:55
    77%

    55ק(Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.

  • Ps 18:16
    76%

    16He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Ps 31:22
    76%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 124:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

    5The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    76%

    17He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    5The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

    15Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!

  • Job 30:14
    75%

    14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

  • Ps 88:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

    17They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

  • 2 Kgs 19:24
    73%

    24I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

  • Lam 3:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

    18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • Ps 116:3
    72%

    3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 88:7
    72%

    7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)

  • Job 28:4
    72%

    4Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways.

  • Ps 130:1
    72%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

  • Job 22:16
    72%

    16men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?

  • Job 3:24
    71%

    24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

  • Ps 40:12
    71%

    12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

  • Isa 37:25
    71%

    25I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

  • Ps 38:4
    71%

    4For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

  • Ps 61:2
    71%

    2From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to a rocky summit where I can be safe!

  • Isa 38:10
    71%

    10“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

  • Job 30:16
    71%

    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

  • Exod 15:5
    71%

    5The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

  • Lam 3:11
    71%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Lam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

    7ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

  • Job 30:19
    70%

    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • Lam 1:14
    70%

    14נ(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.

  • Ps 88:4
    70%

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

  • Lam 3:9
    70%

    9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.