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Lamentations 3:55–56

55 But I called on your name, Lord,

from deep within the pit.

56 You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading!

Hear my cry for help!”

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Lamentations 3:55–56 — The New International Version (NIV)

55 I called on your name, Lord,

from the depths of the pit.

56 You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears

to my cry for relief.”

Lamentations 3:55–56 — English Standard Version (ESV)

55 “I called on your name, O Lord,

from the depths of the pit;

56 you heard my plea, ‘Do not close

your ear to my cry for help!’

Lamentations 3:55–56 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:55–56 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

55 I called on Your name, O Lord,

From the lowest pit.

56 You have heard my voice:

“Do not hide Your ear

From my sighing, from my cry for help.”

Lamentations 3:55–56 — New Century Version (NCV)

55 I called out to you, Lord,

from the bottom of the pit.

56 You heard me calling, “Do not close your ears

and ignore my gasps and shouts.”

Lamentations 3:55–56 — American Standard Version (ASV)

55 I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon. 56 Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:55–56 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

55 I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:55–56 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

55 “I call your name from the deepest pit, O Lord

56 Listen to my cry ⸤for help⸥. 

Don’t close your ears when I cry out for relief. 

Lamentations 3:55–56 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

55 I called on Your name, Yahweh,

from the depths of the Pit.

56 You hear my plea:

Do not ignore my cry for relief.

Lamentations 3:55–56 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

55 I called on your name, O Lord,

from the depths of the pit;

56 you heard my plea, “Do not close your ear

to my cry for help, but give me relief!”

Lamentations 3:55–56 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

55 I have called your name, O Yahweh,

from the depths of the pit.

56 You have heard my cry, “Do not shut your ear

to my cry for help, for my relief!”

Lamentations 3:55–56 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

55 Lord, I called out to you.

I called out from the bottom of the pit.

56 I prayed, “Please don’t close your ears

to my cry for help.”

And you heard my appeal.

Lamentations 3:55–56 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

55 I called on Your name, O Lord,

Out of the lowest pit.

56 You have heard my voice,

“Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,

From my cry for help.”


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