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.

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  • Hosea 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 context
  • Isaiah 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 context
  • Lamentations 3:11

    He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

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