King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Those who are my enemies for no reason hunted me down like a bird.
Berean Standard Bible:
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
American Standard Version:
They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Mine enemies{H341} chased{H6679} me sore{H6679}, like a bird{H6833}, without cause{H2600}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Psalms 35:7
- For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalms 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.
Jeremiah 37:18
- Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
Jeremiah 37:15
- Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
Jeremiah 37:16
- When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
John 15:25
- But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
1 Samuel 25:28
- I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all] thy days.
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Commentary for Lamentations 3:52
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H341
There are 481 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֹיֵב
Transliteration: ʼôyêb
Pronunciation: o-yabe'
Description: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of אָיַב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe. - Strong's Number: H6679
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צוּד
Transliteration: tsûwd
Pronunciation: tsood
Description: a primitive root; also denominative from צַיִד; to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey); chase, hunt, sore, take (provision). - Strong's Number: H6833
There are 36 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: צִפּוֹר
Transliteration: tsippôwr
Pronunciation: tsip-pore'
Description: or צִפֹּר; from צָפַר; a little bird (as hopping); bird, fowl, sparrow. - Strong's Number: H2600
There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חִנָּם
Transliteration: chinnâm
Pronunciation: khin-nawm'
Description: from חֵן; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage; without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.