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Lamentations 3:7

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

KJV

Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar ; aggravavit compedem meum.

Vulgate

ἀνῳκοδόμησεν κατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξελεύσομαι, ἐβάρυνεν χαλκόν μου.

LXX

He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

ASV

גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛/י וְ/לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
גֹּֽדְרִים֙
gdrym
verb · 10×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
נְחֹֽשֶׁת
nchsht
noun · 140×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 2:6 — Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
  • Hos 2:6 — Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
  • Jer 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat
  • Jer 40:4 — And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto
  • Job 3:23 — Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
  • Job 3:23 — Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
  • Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
  • Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
  • Lam 1:14 — The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able
  • Ps 88:8 — Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.