Lamentations 3:7
ContextNET © | ג (Gimel) He has walled me in 1 so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. 2 |
NIV © | He has walled me in so that I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains. |
NASB © | He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. |
NLT © | He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains. |
MSG © | He shuts me in so I'll never get out, manacles my hands, shackles my feet. |
BBE © | He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain. |
NRSV © | He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me; |
NKJV © | He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy. |
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NET © | ג (Gimel) He has walled me in 1 so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The verb גָּדַר (garad) has a two-fold range of meanings: (1) “to build up a wall” with stones, and (2) “to block a road” with a wall of stones. The imagery depicts the 2 tn Heb “he has made heavy my chains.” |