Lamentations 3:53-55

Authorized (King James) Version

⁵³They have cut off my life in the dungeon,
and cast a stone upon me.
⁵⁴Waters flowed over mine head;
then I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O Lord,
out of the low dungeon.

Lamentations 3:53-55

New International Version

⁵³They tried to end my life in a pit^(A)
and threw stones at me;
⁵⁴the waters closed over my head,^(B)
and I thought I was about to perish.^(C)

⁵⁵I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths^(D) of the pit.^(E)

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

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New International Version (NIV)