King James Version

Lamentations 3:9

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

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גָּדַ֤רgadarclose upגָּדַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “close up”, a completed actionH1443to wall in or aroundclose up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.דְּרָכַי֙derakhayalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).בְּגָזִ֔יתbegazitin hewedגָּזִיתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in hewed”, the ordinary formH1496something cut, i.e. dressed stonehewed, hewn stone, wrought.נְתִיבֹתַ֖יnetivotaypathנָתִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “path”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5410a (beaten) trackpath(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way.עִוָּֽהivahmake crookedעָוָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “make crooked”, a completed actionH5753to crook, literally or figurativelydo amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Daleth. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΔΑΛΕΘ. Ἀνῳκοδόμησεν ὁδούς μου, ἐνέφραξε τρίβους μου,