The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Original word: χάραξ
Transliteration: charax
Definition (short): barricade
Definition (full): a pointed stake, a rampart
Definition: a pointed stake, a rampart
NASB Translation: barricade (1).
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From charasso (to sharpen to a point; akin to
grapho through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege) -- trench.
see GREEK grapho
KJV:
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,
NASB:
"For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,