Lamentations 3:7
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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Compare
- BSB
- He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
- KJV
- He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
- WEB
- He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
- ASV
- He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
- DARBY
- He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
- BLB
- He has put a hedge around me, so that I cannot get out; He has made heavy my chain of bronze;
- ÅB
- Han murte igjen for meg, så jeg ikke kan komme ut; han gjorde mine lenker tunge.
- OTB
- Han har murt meg inne så jeg ikke kan flykte; han har tynget meg med lenker.
- B1930
- Han murte igjen for mig, så jeg ikke kan komme ut; han gjorde mine lenker tunge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Read in contextJob 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Read in contextJeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Read in contextPsalms 88:8
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Read in contextJeremiah 40:4
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Read in contextHosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Read in contextLamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
Read in contextLamentations 5:5
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
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