Lamentations 3:57

New King James Version

You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, "Do not fear!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You came near whenever I called you;you said, “Do not be afraid.”

Hebrew Names Version
You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don't be afraid.

King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

English Standard Version
You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!'

New American Standard Bible
You came near on the day I called to You; You said, "Do not fear!"

New Century Version
You came near when I called to you; you said, "Don't be afraid."

Amplified Bible
You drew near on the day I called to You; You said, "Do not fear."

World English Bible
You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don't be afraid.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saydest, Feare not.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not fear!"

Legacy Standard Bible
You drew near when I called on You;You said, "Do not fear!"

Berean Standard Bible
You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not be afraid."

Contemporary English Version
and came when I was in need. You told me, "Don't worry!"

Complete Jewish Bible
You came near when I called to you; you said, "Don't be afraid."

Darby Translation
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

Easy-to-Read Version
You came to me on the day that I called out to you. You said to me, "Don't be afraid."

George Lamsa Translation
Thou didst draw near in the day when I called upon thee; thou didst say, Fear not.

Good News Translation
You answered me and told me not to be afraid.

Lexham English Bible
You came near on a day when I called you, you said, "Do not fear!"

Literal Translation
You came near in the day I called You; You said, Do not fear!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast enclyned yi self vnto me, whe I called vpon the, & haist sayde: feare not.

American Standard Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

Bible in Basic English
You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'

King James Version (1611)
Thou drewest neere in the day that I called vpon thee: thou saidst, Feare not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast inclyned thy selfe vnto me when I called vpon thee: and hast said, feare not.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not.

English Revised Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Coph. Thou neiyidist to me in the dai, wherynne Y clepide thee to help; thou seidist, Drede thou not.

Update Bible Version
You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don't be afraid.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

New English Translation
You came near on the day I called to you; you said, "Do not fear!"

New Living Translation
Yes, you came when I called; you told me, "Do not fear."

New Life Bible
You came near when I called You, and You said, "Do not be afraid!"

New Revised Standard
You came near when I called on you; you said, "Do not fear!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou drewest near, in the day I kept calling on thee, thou saidst, Do not fear!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Coph. Thou drewest near in the day, when I called upon thee, thou saidst: Fear not.

Revised Standard Version
Thou didst come near when I called on thee; thou didst say, 'Do not fear!'

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.

Contextual Overview

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." ⁵⁷ You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, "Do not fear!" ⁵⁸ O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life. ⁵⁹ O LORD, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case. ⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me. ⁶¹ You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me, ⁶² The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day. ⁶³ Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song. ⁶⁴ Repay them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

drewest: Psalms 69:18, Psalms 145:18, Isaiah 58:9, James 4:8

thou saidst: Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:2, Jeremiah 1:17, Acts 18:9, Acts 27:24, Revelation 1:17, Revelation 2:10

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee,.... When persons draw nigh to God in a way of duty, and particularly in this of prayer, and calling on his name; he draws nigh to them in a way of grace and mercy, and manifests himself to them, and works salvation for them. The Targum is,

"thou didst cause an angel to draw near to deliver me in the day that I prayed unto thee:''

thou saidst, fear not; any of thine enemies; or that thou shouldest not be delivered from them; see Isaiah 41:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.

Lamentations 3:55

Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psalms 88:6. Some consider that Psalms 69:0 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer referred to here (Jeremiah 38:6 note).

Lamentations 3:56

Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief.

Lamentations 3:58

God now appears as the prophet’s next of kin, pleading the lawsuits of his soul, i. e. the controversies which concern his salvation. and rescuing his life, in jeopardy through the malice of his enemies.

Lamentations 3:59

Wrong - Done to him by the perversion of justice.

Lamentations 3:60, Lamentations 3:61

Imaginations - Or, devices.

Lamentations 3:63

Their sitting down, and their rising up - i. e. all the ordinary actions of their life.

Musick - Or, song, “the subject of it.”

Lamentations 3:64-66

The versions render the verbs in these verses as futures, “Thou shalt render unto them a recompence,” etc.

Lamentations 3:65

Give them sorrow of heart - Or, “Thou wilt give them” blindness “of heart.”

Lamentations 3:66

Persecute ... - Or, pursue them in anger and destroy them, etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 57. Fear not. — How powerful is this word when spoken by the Spirit of the Lord to a disconsolate heart. To every mourner we may say, on the authority of God, Fear not! God will plead thy cause, and redeem thy soul.