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Selected Verse: Lamentations 3:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 3:5 |
King James |
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| builded--mounds, as against a besieged city, so as to allow none to escape (so Lam 3:7, Lam 3:9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He hath builded ... - The metaphor is taken from the operations in a siege.
Gall and travail - Or "travail;" i. e. bitterness and weariness (through toil). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Builded - He hath built forts and batteries against my walls and houses. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He hath builded against me - Perhaps there is a reference here to the mounds and ramparts raised by the Chaldeans in order to take the city. |
9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.