He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Hosea 2:6 - King James Version - American Edition Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy ways with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 he 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.
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, 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 because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.