Verse Comparison: Lamentations 3:5
American Standard Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Amplified® Bible
He has built up [siege mounds] against me and surrounded me with bitterness, tribulation, {and} anguish.
Contemporary English Version
He attacked and surrounded me with hardships and trouble;
Darby English Version
He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
Good News Bible
He has shut me in a prison of misery and anguish.
King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
New American Standard Bible
He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.
New International Version
He has besieged me and surrounded me
with bitterness and hardship.
New King James Version
He has besieged me
And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.
Revised Standard Version
he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;
Young's Literal Translation
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.