Lamentations 3:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

👥 Who is this for?

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Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
Researchers needing lexical linkage
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Referenced Verses

Isa 63:17 : 17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Lam 3:11 : 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Hos 2:6 : 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Isa 30:28 : 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:10-12
3 verses
87%
10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Job 19:6-13
8 verses
86%
6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Lam 3:2-8
7 verses
84%
2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Job 33:10-11
2 verses
80%
10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
11He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
Lam 3:53
78%
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Ps 142:3
78%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Lam 3:15-17
3 verses
77%
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Job 30:11-13
3 verses
77%
11Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
12Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Lam 1:13
76%
13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Job 16:11-14
4 verses
75%
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Ps 140:5
75%
5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Ps 57:6
75%
6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Job 38:10
74%
10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Job 18:7
74%
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Ps 143:3
74%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Job 13:27
74%
27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Ps 17:5
74%
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Job 23:11
74%
11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Job 30:19
74%
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Job 16:9
74%
9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 3:23
74%
23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job 31:4
73%
4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Ps 22:16
73%
16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Ps 73:2
73%
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone {H8804)}{H8675)}{H8803)}; my steps had well nigh slipped{H8795)}.
Ps 129:3
73%
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Job 9:17
73%
17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Prov 2:15
73%
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: