Verse Comparison: Lamentations 3:53
American Standard Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
Amplified® Bible
They [thought they had] destroyed my life in the dungeon (pit) and cast a stone [over it] above me.
Contemporary English Version
Then they tried to kill me by tossing me into a pit and throwing stones at me.
Darby English Version
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
Good News Bible
They threw me alive into a pit and closed the opening with a stone.
King James Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
New American Standard Bible
They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.
New International Version
They tried to end my life in a pit
and threw stones at me;
New King James Version
They silenced my life in the pit
And threw stones at me.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.
Revised Standard Version
they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
Young's Literal Translation
They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.