Lamentations 3:9
“Hee hath inclosed my wayes with hewen stone: he hath made my pathes crooked.”
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Lamentations 3:9 Context
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: hee hath made my chaine heauie. 8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9Hee hath inclosed my wayes with hewen stone: he hath made my pathes crooked. 10He was vnto me as a Beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places. 11Hee hath turned aside my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: hee hath made me desolate.
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Other Translations
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- King James Version
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
- Basic English Bible
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- Darby Bible
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- Webster's Bible
He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
- World English Bible
He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
- Basic English Bible
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- Darby Bible
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- Webster's Bible
He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
- World English Bible
He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
- Youngs Literal Bible
He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Lamentations 3:9
3:9 Enclosed - He has defeated all my methods and counsels for security, by insuperable difficulties like walls of hewn stone. Crooked - Nay, God not only defeated their counsels, but made them fatal and pernicious to them.