KJV King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
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Lamentations 3:57
Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
WEB World English Bible
You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don’t be afraid.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
Surrounding context — Lamentations 3
54 Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.
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James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.Isaiah 58:9Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.Psalm 145:18The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.Isaiah 43:1-2But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine.Acts 18:9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:Acts 27:24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.Jeremiah 1:17Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.Psalm 69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.Revelation 1:17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
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