Lamentations 3:53 Parallel Translations
NASB: They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
ASV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
BBE: They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
DBY: They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
ERV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
JPS: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
WBS: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
WEB: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
YLT: They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
Lamentations 3:53 Cross References
XREF:Jeremiah 37:16 For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

Jeremiah 38:6 Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king's son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9 "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern; and he will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city."

Daniel 6:17 A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 3:53 They have cut off my life {y} in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
(y) Read Jer 37:16 how he was in the miry dungeon.
WES: 3:53 Dungeon - Dungeon seems here to be taken for the lowest condition of misery.
MHC: 3:42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.
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