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


In Context

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.

8 Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.

9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.

Lamentations 3:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:7Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:7He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:7He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:7He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.