Lamentations 3:53 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
English ASV
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
English Amplified
They [thought they had] destroyed my life in the dungeon (pit) and cast a stone [over it] above me. [Jer. 38.]
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
They [thought they had] destroyed my life in the dungeon (pit) and cast a stone [over it] above me. [Jer. 38.]
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
They smothered my life in a pit and threw stones on me.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
English EASY 2024
They threw me into a deep hole in the ground and they threw stones at me to kill me.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
They threw me alive into a pit and then threw stones at me.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
English GNT (Good News Translation)
They threw me alive into a pit and closed the opening with a stone.
English God's Word - GW 1995
They threw me alive into a pit and threw rocks at me.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
They dropped me alive into a pit and threw stones at me.
English KJV 1611
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
English LSB
They have silenced my life in the pit And have placed a stone on me.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
They cut off my life in the pit and cast stones on me.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
They struck me down alive in the pit, and sealed me in with a stone.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
They tried to end my life by throwing me into a deep pit. They threw stones down at me.
English NIV
They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
English NKJ 1982
They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.
English NLT
They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
they flung me alive into a pit and hurled stones on me;
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
They buried me alive in a pit and covered it with stones.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
They threw me in a well and capped it with a rock.
English Tyndale 1537
They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me.