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Lamentations 3:29

HopeHumility

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.

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.

31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

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BSB
Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.
KJV
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
WEB
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
ASV
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
DARBY
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
BLB
Let him put in the dust his mouth; perhaps there is hope!
ÅB
at han trykker sin munn i støvet og sier: Kanskje det enda er håp -
OTB
La ham begrave ansiktet i støvet—kanskje det er håp.
B1930
at han trykker sin munn i støvet og sier: Kanskje det ennu er håp -

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 40:4

    Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

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  • Luke 15:18–19

    I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

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  • Jeremiah 31:17

    And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

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  • Luke 18:13

    And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

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  • Zephaniah 2:3

    Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:12

    And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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  • Ezekiel 16:63

    That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

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  • Joel 2:14

    Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

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