5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.


In Context

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;

3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.

4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.

5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.

Lamentations 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5He hath built against me, and encompassed me with gall and toil.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5He hath built against me, and compassed me with gall and labor.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.