Lamentations 3:26
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
- KJV
- It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- WEB
- It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- ASV
- It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And [it is] good to wait and be silent for the salvation of YHWH;
- ÅB
- Det er godt at en bier i stillhet etter Herrens frelse.
- OTB
- Det er gunstig å vente stille på Herrens frelse.
- B1930
- Det er godt at en bier i stillhet efter Herrens frelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 37:7
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Read in contextPsalms 37:34
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Read in contextPsalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Read in contextGenesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Read in contextHebrews 10:35
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:15
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Read in contextHebrews 3:14
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Read in context1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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