He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Hosea 2:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a fence against her, that she shall not find her paths. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, behold, I [the Lord God] will hedge up her way [even yours, O Israel] with thorns; and I will build a wall against her that she shall not find her paths. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths. Common English Bible Therefore, I will line her path with thorns; and I will build a wall against her, so that she can’t find her paths. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, behold, I will fence in your way with thorns, and I will surround it with a wall, and she will not find her paths. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore behold I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths. |
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
For my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity; and they have caused them to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
For, lo, they are gone away from destruction, yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tents.
For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the Revelation--wherefore, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.