King James Version
Lamentations 3:8 in the King James Version says “Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.”
Lamentations 3:8 · KJV
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“Also when I cry”
H2199to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
“and shout”
H7768properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e., freedom from some trouble)
“he shutteth out”
H5640to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
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