Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- BSB Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
- NKJV “Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.
- NASB “Therefore, behold, I will obstruct her way with thorns, And I will build a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.
- NLT “For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes. I will block her path with a wall to make her lose her way.
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Cross-references · 5
- Job 19:8He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
- Lam 3:7–9He has walled me about, that I can’t go out; he has made my chain heavy.
- Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- Luke 19:43For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
- Luke 15:14–16When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
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