LAM 3:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) He made roadblocks with large cut stones.
⇔ ≈ He made it difficult to get anywhere.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX ΔΑΛΕΘ. Ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου, ἐνέφραξε τρίβους μου,
(DALETh. Anōikodomaʸsen hodous mou, enefraxe tribous mou,)

ULT He walled up my ways with hewn stone;
⇔ my paths he has made crooked.

UST He has blocked every way forward for me
⇔ so that I cannot make any progress in my life.

BSB He has barred my ways with cut stones;
⇔ He has made my paths crooked.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB LAM book available

WEBBE He has walled up my ways with cut stone.
⇔ He has made my paths crooked.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones;
⇔ he has made every path impassable.

LSV He has hedged my ways with hewn work,
My paths He has made crooked.

FBV He has put stone blocks in my way and sends me down crooked paths.

T4T It is as though he has blocked my path with a high stone wall
⇔ and has caused my path to become crooked.

LEB • He has blocked my ways with dressed stones;
• he has made my paths crooked.

BBE He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.

Moff he blocks my way with boulders,
⇔ till my course is twisted;

JPS He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.

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

DRA Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

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

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

RV He hath fenced up my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
(He hath/has fenced up my ways with hewn/chopped stone, he hath/has made my paths crooked.)

SLT He walled up my ways with hewn stones, he made crooked my beaten paths.

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

KJB-1769 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
(He hath/has enclosed my ways with hewn/chopped stone, he hath/has made my paths crooked.)

KJB-1611 Hee hath inclosed my wayes with hewen stone: he hath made my pathes crooked.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes crooked.
(He hath/has stopped up my ways with foursquared stones, and made my paths crooked.)

Gnva He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.
(He hath/has stopped up my ways with hewn/chopped stone, and turned away my paths.)

Cvdl He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, & made my pathes croked.
(He hath/has stopped up my ways with foursquared stones, and made my paths crooked.)

Wycl Gymel. He closide togidere my weies with square stoonus; he distriede my pathis.
(Gymel. He closed together my ways with square stones; he destroyed my paths.)

Luth Er hat meinen Weg vermauert mit Werkstücken und meinen Steig umgekehret.
(He has my way/path/road walled_up with work-pieces and my steep_track vice-versa.)

ClVg Ghimel Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris; semitas meas subvertit.
(Ghimel He_concluded ways/roads of_mine stones four-sided; path of_mine overturned.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַ⁠י֙ בְּ⁠גָזִ֔ית

(Some words not found in UHB: blocked ways_of,my with,hewn_[stone] paths_of,my made_~_crooked )

Here the writer is speaking of his life direction as if it were a way or path, and of God blocking his progress as if God had walled up those ways with hewn stone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He has blocked every direction I try to go with solid obstacles]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נְתִיבֹתַ֖⁠י עִוָּֽה

paths_of,my (Some words not found in UHB: blocked ways_of,my with,hewn_[stone] paths_of,my made_~_crooked )

Here the writer is speaking of his life direction as if it were paths, and of God confusing his plans as if God had made those paths crooked. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he has confused every direction I try to go]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַ⁠י֙ בְּ⁠גָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖⁠י עִוָּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: blocked ways_of,my with,hewn_[stone] paths_of,my made_~_crooked )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [He has thoroughly blocked every path I try to take]

Parallel LAM 3:9