Lamentations 3:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.”

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Read Lamentations 3:8 in the flow of Lamentations3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Lamentations3 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
  2. Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
  3. Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
  4. Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
  5. Lamentations 3:43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
  6. Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
  7. Habakkuk 1:2How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
  8. Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
  9. Luke 11:10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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