Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird. New Living Translation My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird. English Standard Version “I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause; Berean Standard Bible Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. King James Bible Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. New King James Version My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird. New American Standard Bible My enemies without reason Hunted me down like a bird; NASB 1995 My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird; NASB 1977 My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird; Legacy Standard Bible My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird; Amplified Bible Without cause my enemies Hunted me down like a bird; Christian Standard Bible For no reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird. Holman Christian Standard Bible For no apparent reason, 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. Contemporary English Version No one had reason to hate me, but I was hunted down like a bird. English Revised Version They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Those who were my enemies for no reason hunted me like a bird. Good News Translation "I was trapped like a bird by enemies who had no cause to hate me. International Standard Version My enemies hunted me like a bird, viciously and without justification. Majority Standard Bible Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. NET Bible For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird. New Heart English Bible They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause. Webster's Bible Translation My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause. World English Bible They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHunting—my enemies have hunted me without cause like the bird. Young's Literal Translation Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause. Smith's Literal Translation Hunting, they hunted me as a bird, mine enemies, gratuitously. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause. Catholic Public Domain Version SADE. My enemies have chased me, and they have caught me like a bird, without reason. New American Bible Without cause, my enemies snared me as though I were a bird; New Revised Standard Version Those who were my enemies without cause have hunted me like a bird; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy enemies have hunted me like a bird, without cause. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Tsadhe My enemies hunted me freely like a bird OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917They have chased me sore like a bird, That are mine enemies without cause. Brenton Septuagint Translation TSADE. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Justice…51My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. 52Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. 53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.… Cross References Psalm 35:7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul. Psalm 109:3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. Jeremiah 18:18 Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.” Psalm 56:6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life. Psalm 57:6 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah Psalm 64:2-6 Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, / who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, / ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear. ... Psalm 69:4 Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay. Psalm 140:5 The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah Jeremiah 20:10 For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.” Isaiah 29:21 those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice. Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. John 15:18-20 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— Acts 23:12-15 When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. ... 2 Corinthians 11:24-26 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. / In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers, Treasury of Scripture My enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. chased Jeremiah 37:15,16 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 38:4-6 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt… without 1 Samuel 24:10-15 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed… 1 Samuel 25:28,29 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… 1 Samuel 26:18-20 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? … Jump to Previous Bird Cause Chased Enemies Fiercely Hard Hunted SoreJump to Next Bird Cause Chased Enemies Fiercely Hard Hunted SoreLamentations 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 Without cause The phrase "without cause" in Lamentations 3:52 highlights the unjust nature of the persecution faced by the speaker, traditionally understood to be the prophet Jeremiah. In Hebrew, the word used here is "חִנָּם" (chinnam), which conveys the idea of something being done gratuitously or without justification. This reflects a deep sense of betrayal and suffering that is unwarranted. Historically, Jeremiah faced significant opposition and hostility from his own people, despite his role as a prophet sent by God. This phrase resonates with the experiences of many believers who endure trials and persecution for their faith, echoing the words of Jesus in John 15:25, where He speaks of being hated "without cause." It serves as a reminder of the spiritual battle believers face and the call to remain steadfast in faith, trusting in God's ultimate justice. my enemies hunted me like a bird Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Without causeחִנָּֽם׃ (ḥin·nām) Adverb Strong's 2600: Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage my enemies אֹיְבַ֥י (’ō·yə·ḇay) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary hunted צ֥וֹד (ṣō·wḏ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 6679: To lie alongside, to catch an animal, to victual me like a bird. כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר (kaṣ·ṣip·pō·wr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6833: A little bird Links Lamentations 3:52 NIVLamentations 3:52 NLT Lamentations 3:52 ESV Lamentations 3:52 NASB Lamentations 3:52 KJV Lamentations 3:52 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:52 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:52 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:52 French Bible Lamentations 3:52 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:52 They have chased me sore like (Lam. La Lm) |
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