Lamentations 3:53 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.”

Lamentations 3:53 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:53 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 3:53 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 3:53 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.”

Lamentations 3:53 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:53 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me. ”

Lamentations 3:53 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:53 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.”

Lamentations 3:53 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:53 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me. ”

Lamentations 3:53 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:53 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They haue shut vp my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.”

Lamentations 3:53 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:53 in Context — Lamentations 3

51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

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

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

Read the full chapter: Lamentations 3 — Whatever Is Gain I Count as Loss for Christ →

What Does Lamentations 3:53 Mean?

Lamentations 3:53 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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