Lamentations 3:28
26 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.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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Compare
- BSB
- Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
- KJV
- He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
- WEB
- Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
- ASV
- Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
- DARBY
- He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
- BLB
- Let him sit alone and be silent when it is laid upon him.
- ÅB
- at han sitter ene og tier, når han[^1] legger byrder på ham,
- OTB
- La ham sitte alene i stillhet, for Herren har lagt det på ham.
- B1930
- at han sitter ene og tier, når han legger byrder på ham, / < Herren.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Read in contextLamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Read in contextPsalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Read in contextPsalms 102:7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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