Lamentations 3:9
7 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.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
- KJV
- He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- WEB
- He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
- ASV
- He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
- DARBY
- He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- BLB
- He has blocked off my ways with cut stone, my paths He has made crooked.
- ÅB
- Han tilmurte mine veier med hugne steiner, mine stier gjorde han krokete.
- OTB
- Han har sperret min vei med steinblokker; han har vridd mine stier.
- B1930
- Han tilmurte mine veier med hugne stener, mine stier gjorde han krokete.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
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 contextIsaiah 30:28
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Read in contextLamentations 3:11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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