Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. New Living Translation You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you. English Standard Version you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. Berean Standard Bible You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. King James Bible Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. New King James Version You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through. New American Standard Bible You have veiled Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. NASB 1995 You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. NASB 1977 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. Legacy Standard Bible You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. Amplified Bible You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. Christian Standard Bible You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. Holman Christian Standard Bible You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. American Standard Version Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. Contemporary English Version You are behind a wall of clouds that blocks out our prayers. English Revised Version Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. GOD'S WORD® Translation You covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer could get through it. Good News Translation By a cloud of fury too thick for our prayers to get through. International Standard Version You covered yourself with a cloud that prayer cannot pierce. Majority Standard Bible You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. NET Bible You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. New Heart English Bible You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. Webster's Bible Translation Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. World English Bible You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have covered Yourself with a cloud, "" So that prayer does not pass through. Young's Literal Translation Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through. Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst cover over thyself with a cloud from a prayer passing through. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSamech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through. Catholic Public Domain Version SAMECH. You have set a cloud opposite you, lest our prayer pass through. New American Bible You wrapped yourself in a cloud, which no prayer could pierce. New Revised Standard Version you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou hast covered thyself with thy cloud; thou hast let our prayer pass by. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You covered yourself up with your cloud and you put away our prayer OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that no prayer can pass through. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou hast veiled thyself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Justice…43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. 44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. 45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.… Cross References Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.” Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Jeremiah 7:16 As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you. Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. Proverbs 1:28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him? Jeremiah 11:14 As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster. Jeremiah 14:12 Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” Isaiah 58:4 You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will. James 4:3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. 1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” Matthew 13:15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ Treasury of Scripture You have covered yourself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. covered Psalm 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. that Lamentations 3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. Psalm 80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? Jeremiah 14:11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. Jump to Previous Cloud Covered Covering Prayer Thyself WrappedJump to Next Cloud Covered Covering Prayer Thyself WrappedLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies You have covered Yourself This phrase suggests an intentional act by God, indicating His sovereignty and control over the situation. The Hebrew root for "covered" is "סָכַךְ" (sakhakh), which means to cover, overshadow, or protect. In the context of Lamentations, it implies a divine decision to hide His presence from the people. Historically, this reflects the period of the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites felt abandoned by God due to their disobedience. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the consequences of sin and the importance of repentance. with a cloud that no prayer can pass through Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You have covered Yourselfסַכּ֤וֹתָה (sak·kō·w·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5526: To entwine as a, screen, to fence in, cover over, protect with a cloud בֶֽעָנָן֙ (ḇe·‘ā·nān) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud that no prayer תְּפִלָּֽה׃ (tə·p̄il·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8605: Intercession, supplication, a hymn can pass through. מֵעֲב֖וֹר (mê·‘ă·ḇō·wr) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on Links Lamentations 3:44 NIVLamentations 3:44 NLT Lamentations 3:44 ESV Lamentations 3:44 NASB Lamentations 3:44 KJV Lamentations 3:44 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:44 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:44 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:44 French Bible Lamentations 3:44 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:44 You have covered yourself with a cloud (Lam. La Lm) |
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