Lamentations 3:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Lamentations 3:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:9 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 3:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 3:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.”

Lamentations 3:9 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Lamentations 3:9 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.”

Lamentations 3:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Lamentations 3:9 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.”

Lamentations 3:9 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:9 in Context — Lamentations 3

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

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.

10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

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What Does Lamentations 3:9 Mean?

Lamentations 3:9 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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