Lamentations 3:53

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Complete Jewish Bible:

They forced me alive into a pit and threw stones on me.

Berean Standard Bible:

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

American Standard Version:

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

They have cut off{H6789} my life{H2416} in the dungeon{H953}, and cast{H3034} a stone{H68} upon me.

Cross-References (KJV):

Jeremiah 38:9

  • My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.

Daniel 6:17

  • And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

Jeremiah 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 water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Jeremiah 37:16

  • When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

Jeremiah 37:20

  • Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

Matthew 27:60

  • And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

Matthew 27:66

  • So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

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Commentary for Lamentations 3:53

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6789
    There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָמַת
    Transliteration: tsâmath
    Pronunciation: tsaw-math'
    Description: a primitive root; to extirpate (literally or figuratively); consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
  2. Strong's Number: H2416
    There are 452 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חַי
    Transliteration: chay
    Pronunciation: khah'-ee
    Description: from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  3. Strong's Number: H953
    There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוֹר
    Transliteration: bôwr
    Pronunciation: bore
    Description: from בּוּר (in the sense of בֹּאר); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison); cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
  4. Strong's Number: H3034
    There are 111 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָדָה
    Transliteration: yâdâh
    Pronunciation: yaw-daw'
    Description: a primitive root; used only as denominative from יָד; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands); cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
  5. Strong's Number: H68
    There are 1276 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶבֶן
    Transliteration: ʼeben
    Pronunciation: eh'-ben
    Description: from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).