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Lamentations 3:9

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

KJV

Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris ; semitas meas subvertit.

Vulgate

Δάλεθ. Ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου, ἐνέφραξεν τρίβους μου, ἐτάραξεν

LXX

He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

ASV

גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַ/י֙ בְּ/גָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖/י עִוָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָזִ֔ית
gzyt
noun · 10×
גֹּֽדְרִים֙
gdrym
verb · 10×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ
h'vynv
verb · 17×
י
y
noun · 26×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 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.
  • Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.