Lamentations 3:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.””
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BSBPD
“So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Lamentations 3:18 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
- Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
- Job 17:15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
- Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- Luke 11:10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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