Lamentations 3:8-10
New King James Version
8 Even (A)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.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:10 Lit. secret places
Lamentations 3:8-10
English Standard Version
8 though (A)I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
9 (B)he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
10 (C)He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;
Lamentations 3:8-10
King James Version
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.
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