Lamentations 3:8–9
Lamentations 3:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)
8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
9 he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Even when I cry and shout,
He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 I cry out and beg for help,
but he ignores my prayer.
9 He blocked my way with a stone wall
and led me in the wrong direction.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Even when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He has blocked my way with cut stones and made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help,
He rejects my prayer.
9 He has walled in my ways with cut stones;
He has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
9 he has blocked my ways with hewn stones,
he has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 Though I cry out for help,
he shuts out my prayers.
9 He has blocked my ways with dressed stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 I call out and cry for help.
But he won’t listen to me when I pray.
9 He has put up a stone wall to block my way.
He has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
8 Even when I cry out and call for help,
He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.