Lamentations 3:7–9
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7He has blocked me so that I can’t get out.
He has put heavy chains on me.
8Even when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9He has blocked my way with cut stones and made my paths crooked.
Copyright 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
he has made my chains heavy;
though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
He has walled me in so I cannot escape;
he has weighed me down with chains.
Even when I call out or cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer.
He has barred my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He has walled me in so I cannot get out;
he has weighed me down with chains.
Even when I cry out and plead for help,
he blocks out my prayer.
He has walled in my ways with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
He has walled me in, and I cannot escape.
He has bound me in heavy chains.
And though I cry and shout,
he has shut out my prayers.
He has blocked my way with a high stone wall;
he has made my road crooked.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He has built a wall around me, I cannot go out;
he has made my bronze fetters heavy.
Though I cry out for help,
he shuts out my prayers.
He has blocked my ways with dressed stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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.
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