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Lamentations 3:55

I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

KJV

Invocavi nomen tuum, Domine, de lacu novissimo.

Vulgate

Κώφ. Ἐπεκαλεσάμην τὸ ὄνομά σου, Κύριε, ἐκ λάκκου κατωτάτου,

LXX

I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.

ASV

קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְ/ךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִ/בּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֽוֹר
bvr
noun · 68×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
תַּחְתִּ֗ית
tchtyt
noun · 19×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
  • Acts 16:24 — Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
  • Jas 5:13 — Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
  • Ps 64:1 — Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
  • Ps 66:19 — But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
  • Ps 86:7 — In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.