New Revised Standard Version
and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

Contemporary English Version
and threw him into a dry well.

New American Bible
then they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And cast him into an old pit where there was not water.

And cast him into an old pit where there was not water.

and cast.

Psalm 35:7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto destruction: without cause they have upbraided my soul.

Lamentations 4:20 Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

the pit.

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 88:6,8 They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death. . . .

Psalm 130:1,2 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: . . .

Jeremiah 38:6 Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in the entry of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah by ropes into the dungeon, wherein there was no water, but mire. And Jeremiah sunk into the mire.

Lamentations 3:52-55 Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause. . . .

Zechariah 9:11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.