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Lamentations 3:7–9

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He has walled me in so I cannot escape;s

he has weighed me down with chains.t

Even when I call out or cry for help,u

he shuts out my prayer.v

He has barredw my way with blocks of stone;

he has made my paths crooked.x

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Cross references

  1. s Job 3:23
  2. tJer 40:4
  3. uPs 5:2
  4. vver 44; Dt 1:45; Job 30:20; Ps 22:2
  5. w Job 19:8
  6. x Job 9:24; Isa 63:17; Hos 2:6

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.