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Lamentations 3:52

Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

KJV

Venatione ceperunt me quasi avem inimici mei gratis.

Vulgate

Τιαδή. Θηρεύοντες ἐθήρευσάν με ὡς στρουθίον πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί μου δωρεάν,

LXX

They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

ASV

צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּ/נִי כַּ/צִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥/י חִנָּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
י
y
verb · 282×
נִי
ny
verb · 18×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 11:36 — And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
  • Jer 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat
  • Lam 4:18 — They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
  • Ps 35:7 — For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
  • Ps 35:19 — Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.