Lamentations 3:53 They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;

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New International Version (©1984)
They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.

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

American King James Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone on me.

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

Bible in Basic English
They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

Darby Bible Translation
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

World English Bible
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

Young's Literal Translation
They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

Geneva Study Bible

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.

Wesley's Notes

3:53 Dungeon - Dungeon seems here to be taken for the lowest condition of misery.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

53. in . dungeon-(Jer 37:16).

stone-usually put at the mouth of a dungeon to secure the prisoners (Jos 10:18; Da 6:17; Mt 27:60).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

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)

Alive Cast Cut Dungeon Flung Pit Placed Prison Silenced Stone Stones Stoning Threw

Alive Cast Cut Dungeon End Flung Life Pit Placed Prison Silenced Stone Stones Stoning Threw Tried

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

cut Jer 37:20 38:6,9

and Da 6:17 Mt 27:60,66

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