Lamentations 3:54-55 - Compare All Versions
Lamentations 3:54-55 NIV (New International Version)
the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish. I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.
Lamentations 3:54-55 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
water closed over my head; I said, ‘I am lost.’ “I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit
Lamentations 3:54-55 NLT (New Living Translation)
The water rose over my head, and I cried out, “This is the end!” But I called on your name, LORD, from deep within the pit.
Lamentations 3:54-55 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Water flooded over my head, and I thought, “I’m going to die! ” I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.
Lamentations 3:54-55 KJV (King James Version)
Waters flowed over mine head; Then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O LORD, Out of the low dungeon.
Lamentations 3:54-55 NKJV (New King James Version)
The waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!” I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit.
Lamentations 3:52-57 MSG (The Message)
“Enemies with no reason to be enemies hunted me down like a bird. They threw me into a pit, then pelted me with stones. Then the rains came and filled the pit. The water rose over my head. I said, ‘It’s all over.’ “I called out your name, O GOD, called from the bottom of the pit. You listened when I called out, ‘Don’t shut your ears! Get me out of here! Save me!’ You came close when I called out. You said, ‘It’s going to be all right.’
Lamentations 3:54-55 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!” I called on Your name, LORD, Out of the lowest pit.
Lamentations 3:54-55 AMP (Amplified Bible)
The waters ran down on my head; I said, “I am cut off (destroyed)!” I called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit. [Jer 38:6]
Lamentations 3:54-55 NET (New English Translation)
The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die. ק (Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.