Lamentations 3:5

NETBible

He has besieged 1  and surrounded 2  me with bitter hardship. 3 

NIV ©

He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

NASB ©

He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.

NLT ©

He has attacked me and surrounded me with anguish and distress.

MSG ©

He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times.

BBE ©

He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

NRSV ©

he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;

NKJV ©

He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

KJV
He hath builded against
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me, and compassed
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[me] with gall
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and travail
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NASB ©
He has besieged
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<5921> and encompassed
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me with bitterness
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and hardship
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.
LXXM
anwkodomhsen
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V-AAI-3S
kat
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PREP
emou
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P-GS
kai
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CONJ
ekuklwsen
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V-AAI-3S
kefalhn
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N-ASF
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
emocyhsen {V-AAI-3S}
NET [draft] ITL
He has besieged
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and surrounded
<05362>
me with bitter
<07219>
hardship
<08513>
.
HEBREW
haltw
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sar
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Pqyw
<05362>
yle
<05921>
hnb (3:5)
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NETBible

He has besieged 1  and surrounded 2  me with bitter hardship. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “he has built against me.” The verb בָּנָה (banah, “to build”) followed by the preposition עַל (’al, “against”) often refers to the action of building siege-works against a city, that is, to besiege a city (e.g., Deut 20:2; 2 Kgs 25:1; Eccl 9:14; Jer 52:4; Ezek 4:2; 17:17; 21:27). Normally, an explicit accusative direct object is used (e.g., מָצוֹד [matsor] or מָצוֹדִים [matsorim]); however, here, the expression is used absolutely without an explicit accusative [BDB 124 s.v. בָּנָה 1a.η]).

2 tn The verb נָקַף (naqaf, “to surround”) refers to the military action of an army surrounding a besieged city by placing army encampments all around the city, to prevent anyone in the city from escaping (2 Kgs 6:14; 11:8; Pss 17:9; 88:18; Job 19:6).

3 tn Heb “with bitterness and hardship.” The nouns רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָה (ro’sh utÿla’ah, lit. “bitterness and hardship”) function as adverbial accusatives of manner: “with bitterness and hardship.” The two nouns רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָה (ro’sh utÿla’ah, “bitterness and hardship”) form a nominal hendiadys: the second retains its full nominal sense, while the first functions adverbially: “bitter hardship.” The noun II רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “bitterness”) should not be confused with the common homonymic root I רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head”). The noun תְּלָאָה (tÿla’ah, “hardship”) is used elsewhere in reference to the distress of Israel in Egypt (Num 20:14), in the wilderness (Exod 18:8), and in exile (Neh 9:32).