LAM 3:54 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου· εἶπα, ἄπωσμαι.
(Hupereⱪuthaʸ hudōr epi taʸn kefalaʸn mou; eipa, apōsmai.)

ULT Waters flowed over my head;
⇔ I said, “I am cut off.”

UST Water rose over my head,
⇔ and I said to myself, “I am going to die!”

BSB The waters flowed over my head,
⇔ and I thought I was going to die.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB LAM book available

WEBBE Waters flowed over my head.
⇔ I said, “I am cut off.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The waters closed over my head;
⇔ I thought I was about to die.

LSV Waters have flowed over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

FBV Water flooded over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

T4T The water in the pit rose above my head,
⇔ and I said to myself, “I am about to die/drown!”

LEB • Water has flown over my head,
• I said, “I am cut off.”

BBE Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.

Moff waters flowed over my head,
⇔ “I am lost,” I said.

JPS Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'

ASV Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

DRA Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

YLT Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

Drby Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

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

SLT Waters were spread over my head; I said I was cut off.

Wbstr Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.

KJB-1769 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

KJB-1611 Waters flowed ouer mine head, then I sayd, I am cut off.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps They haue powred water vpon my head: then thought I, nowe am I vndone.
(They have poured water upon my head: then thought I, now am I undone.)

Gnva Waters flowed ouer mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.
(Waters flowed over mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.)

Cvdl They poured water vpon my heade, then thought I: now am I vndone.
(They poured water upon my head, then thought I: now am I undone.)

Wycl Sade. Watris flowiden ouer myn heed; Y seide, Y perischide.
(Sade. Waters flowed over mine heed; I said, I perished.)

Luth Sie haben auch mein Haupt mit Wasser überschüttet. Da sprach ich: Nun bin ich gar dahin.
(They/She have also my head with water showered. So spoke I: Now am I even gone.)

ClVg Sade Inundaverunt aquæ super caput meum; dixi: Perii.
(Sade They_flooded water over the_head mine; I_said: I_perished.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖⁠י

closed waters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: closed waters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in my=head said cut_off )

By Waters flowed over my head, the writer means that water in the cistern rose up around him and he was in danger of drowning (see Jeremiah 38:6). You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [The water in the cistern rose over my head]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִגְזָֽרְתִּי

(Some words not found in UHB: closed waters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in my=head said cut_off )

The expression I am cut off is a passive verbal form. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [They have cut me off]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

נִגְזָֽרְתִּי

(Some words not found in UHB: closed waters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in my=head said cut_off )

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this so that there is not a direct quotation but an indirect one. Alternate translation: [that I was cut off]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

נִגְזָֽרְתִּי

(Some words not found in UHB: closed waters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in my=head said cut_off )

The expression I am cut off was a common expression meaning I am about to die or I am separated from the living. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am about to die]

Parallel LAM 3:54