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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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 DomainASVPD
“Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
- Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
- Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
- Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
- Lamentations 3:43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
- Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
- 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?
- 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?”
- Luke 11:10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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