Lamentations 3:52

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

My enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

American King James Version (AKJV)

My enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

American Standard Version (ASV)

They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

Webster's Revision

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.

English Revised Version (ERV)

They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.

Definitions for Lamentations 3:52

Without - Outside.

Clarke's Lamentations 3:52 Bible Commentary

Mine enemies chased me - From this to the end of the chapter the prophet speaks of his own personal sufferings, and especially of those which he endured in the dungeon. See Jeremiah 38:6, etc.

Barnes's Lamentations 3:52 Bible Commentary

Or, "They who without cause are mine enemies have hunted me sore like a bird." Probably the prophet is speaking of his personal sorrows.