Lamentations 3:9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:9 in other translations
| BSB | He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked. |
| DARBY | He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. |
| BBE | He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted. |
| Webster | He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. |
What does Lamentations 3:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:7-9
7-9. hedged--(Job 3:23; Ho 2:6). chain--literally, "chain of brass."
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20
The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in God's mercies. Verses 1-20 The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the…
Lamentations 3:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:9
- 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.
- Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- 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.
- Lamentations 3:11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:8
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
- Lamentations 3:9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- Lamentations 3:10
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Lamentations 3:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cercó mis caminos con piedra tajada, torció mis senderos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il a barré mes chemins avec des pierres de taille; il a bouleversé mes sentiers. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Meine Wege hat er mit Quadern vermauert, meine Pfade umgekehrt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris; semitas meas subvertit. |