Lamentations 3:9-11

Young's Literal Translation

⁹He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.

¹⁰A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

¹¹My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

Lamentations 3:9-11

New International Version

⁹He has barred^(A) my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.^(B)

¹⁰Like a bear lying in wait,
like a lion^(C) in hiding,^(D)
¹¹he dragged me from the path and mangled^(E) me
and left me without help.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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New International Version (NIV)