Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 8 Holy Bible
Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
read chapter 3 in ASV
Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
read chapter 3 in BBE
Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
read chapter 3 in DARBY
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
read chapter 3 in KJV
read chapter 3 in WBT
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
read chapter 3 in WEB
Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
read chapter 3 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - He shutteth out my prayer. There is a kind of barrier through which these futile prayers cannot penetrate (comp. on ver. 44).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) He shutteth out my prayer--i.e., stops it so that it does not reach the ear of Jehovah; and it is Jehovah himself who does this.