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OET (OET-RV) He made roadblocks with large cut stones.
⇔ ≈He made it difficult to get anywhere.
OET-LV He_has_walled_up ways_of_my in/on/at/with_blocks_of_stone paths_of_my he_has_made_crooked.
UHB גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ס ‡
(gādar dərākay bəgāzit nətīⱱotay ˊiūāh.§)
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, )
BrTr Daleth. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;
ULT He built a wall around my way with hewn stone; he perverted my paths.
UST It is as though he has blocked my path with a high stone wall
⇔ and has caused me to wander everywhere to try to get out.
BSB He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
⇔
MSB He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
⇔
OEB He hath blocked up my path with hewn stone,
⇔ And my way He hath tangled.
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 No LEB LAM book available
BBE He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.
Moff No Moff LAM book available
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 No Bshps LAM book available
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 No Cvdl LAM book available
Wycl No Wycl LAM book available
Luth No Luth LAM book available
ClVg Ghimel Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris; semitas meas subvertit.
(Ghimel He_concluded ways/roads of_mine stones four-sided; path of_mine overturned. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT LAM book available
3:9 blocked my way . . . made my road crooked: Sin causes confusion and cuts a person or a community off from a happy future. Innocent people know the future as a straight path that is easy to follow (Prov 21:8). Isaiah imagined God’s activities as a procession on a straight road that his worshipers would prepare (Isa 40:3).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) He blocked my path
(Some words not found in UHB: blocked ways_of,my in/on/at/with,blocks_of_stone paths_of,my made_~_crooked )
The author speaks of God causing him to continue to suffer as if God was preventing him from escaping the suffering by blocking his path. Alternate translation: “It is as though he blocked my path”
(Occurrence 0) a wall of hewn stone
(Some words not found in UHB: blocked ways_of,my in/on/at/with,blocks_of_stone paths_of,my made_~_crooked )
“a wall of cut stones.” People would cut stones into regular shapes that could fit together well in order to build a strong wall.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) he made my paths crooked
(Some words not found in UHB: blocked ways_of,my in/on/at/with,blocks_of_stone paths_of,my made_~_crooked )
Crooked paths do not lead people to where they want to go. Here they represent unsuccessful ways of escaping suffering. Alternate translation: “it is as though he has made my paths crooked” or “I have tried to make the suffering stop, but God has prevented me, like one who prevents another from escaping by making his paths crooked”