King James Version

Lamentations 3:54

Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

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צָֽפוּtsafvflowצוּףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “flow”, a completed actionH6687to overflow(make to over-) flow, swim.מַ֥יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…רֹאשִׁ֖יroshiheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.אָמַ֥רְתִּיamartisayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…נִגְזָֽרְתִּיnigzareticut downגָּזַרverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cut down”, a completed actionH1504to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decidecut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

Young’s Literal Translation

Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

World English Bible

Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”

Darby Translation

Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

Douay-Rheims

Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὑπερεχύθη ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου· εἶπα, ἄπωσμαι.