LAM 3:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Even though I call out and cry for help,
⇔ he shuts out my prayer.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX ΓΙΜΕΛ. Καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω, ἀπέφραξε προσευχήν μου.
(GIMEL. Kai ge kekraxomai kai boaʸsō, apefraxe proseuⱪaʸn mou.)

ULT Even when I cry out and call for help,
⇔ he shuts out my prayer.

UST Even though I beg him to help me,
⇔ he refuses to listen when I pray.

BSB Even when I cry out and plead for help,
⇔ He shuts out my prayer.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB LAM book available

WEBBE Yes, when I cry, and call for help,
⇔ he shuts out my prayer.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Also, when I cry out desperately for help,
⇔ he has shut out my prayer.

LSV Also when I call and cry out,
He has shut out my prayer.

FBV Even when I keep on crying out for help, he refuses to listen to my prayer.

T4T Although I call out and cry out for him to help me,
⇔ he does not pay attention to my prayers.

LEB • Though I cry out for help,
• he shuts out my prayers.

BBE Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.

Moff and when I fain would cry for help,
⇔ he stops my prayer;

JPS Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.

ASV Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

DRA Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.

YLT Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

Drby Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

RV Yea, when I cry and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

SLT Also when I shall exclaim and cry out, he stopped my prayer.

Wbstr Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

KJB-1769 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

KJB-1611 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Though I crye and call pitiously, yet heareth he not my prayer.
(Though I cry and call pitiously, yet heareth/hears he not my prayer.)

Gnva Also when I cry and showte, hee shutteth out my prayer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Cvdl Though I crie & call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.
(Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth/hears he not my prayer.)

Wycl Gymel. But and whanne Y crie and preye, he hath excludid my preier.
(Gymel. But and when I cry and pray, he hath/has excluded my prayer.)

Luth Und wenn ich gleich schreie und rufe, so stopft er die Ohren zu vor meinem Gebet.
(And when I even scream/cry/shout(v) and call/cry/shout, so stuffs he the ears to/for before/in_front_of my prayer.)

ClVg Ghimel Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.
(Ghimel But and when/with I_will_cry, and I_will_ask, excluded speech of_mine.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

אֶזְעַק֙ וַ⁠אֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ

call (Some words not found in UHB: also/yet that/for/because/then/when call and,I_will_cry_for_help shuts_out prayer_of,my )

The terms I cry out and call for help mean similar things. The writer is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [I desperately plead for help]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: also/yet that/for/because/then/when call and,I_will_cry_for_help shuts_out prayer_of,my )

Here the writer is speaking of his prayer as if it were a physical object that God shuts out or blocks. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he refuses to hear my plea]

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