Verse Comparison: Lamentations 3:9
American Standard Version
He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Amplified® Bible
He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
Contemporary English Version
God put big rocks in my way and made me follow a crooked path.
Darby English Version
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Good News Bible
I stagger as I walk; stone walls block me wherever I turn.
King James Version
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
New American Standard Bible
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
New International Version
He has barred my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.
New King James Version
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
Revised Standard Version
he has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked.
Young's Literal Translation
He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.