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Lamentations 3:8

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

KJV

Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.

Vulgate

Γίμελ. Καί γε κεκράξομαι καὶ βοήσω, ἀπέφραξεν προσευχήν μου.

LXX

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

ASV

גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַ/אֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
י
y
noun · 77×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 14×
שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי
shv'ty
verb · 21×
תִּזְעַ֖ק
tz'q
verb · 73×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Hab 1:2 — O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
  • Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
  • Job 30:20 — I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
  • Job 30:20 — I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
  • Lam 3:44 — Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
  • Lam 3:44 — Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
  • Luke 11:10 — For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Matt 27:46 — And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
  • Ps 22:2 — O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
  • Ps 22:2 — O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
  • Ps 32:3 — When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
  • Ps 55:1 — Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
  • Ps 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
  • Ps 88:2 — Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
  • Ps 102:1 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.