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Lamentations 3:52-54
English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:52-54
English Standard Version
52 (A)“I have been hunted (B)like a bird
by those who were my enemies (C)without cause;
53 (D)they flung me alive into the pit[a]
(E)and cast stones on me;
54 (F)water closed over my head;
I said, (G)‘I am lost.’
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:53 Or they end my life in the pit
Lamentations 3:52-54
New International Version
Lamentations 3:52-54
New International Version
Lamentations 3:52-54
New King James Version
Lamentations 3:52-54
New King James Version
52 My enemies (A)without cause
Hunted me down like a bird.
53 They [a]silenced my life (B)in the pit
And (C)threw [b]stones at me.
54 (D)The waters flowed over my head;
(E)I said, “I am cut off!”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:53 LXX put to death
- Lamentations 3:53 Lit. a stone on
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