Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.In other versions
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
ASV
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
BBE
He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
DBY
He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
WEB
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
YLT
He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
ENG
He hath built against me, and compassed me with gall and labor.
WBT
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
BSB
In context
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.