Lamentations 3 · Verse 25

Lamentations 3:25

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations 3:25, King James Version

Lamentations 3:25 in other translations

BSBThe LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
WEBThe LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
ASVJehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
YLTGood is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him.
DARBYJehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
BBEThe Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.
WebsterThe LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

What does Lamentations 3:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:25-27
25-27. The repetition of "good" at the beginning of each of the three verses heightens the effect. wait--(Is 30:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:21-36

Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort…

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Lamentations 3:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ט֤וֹבTov[is] goodH2896
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לְקוָֹ֔יוle.ko.Vavto [those who] wait for himH6960
לְנֶ֖פֶשׁle.Ne.feshto anyoneH5315
תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ\׃tid.re.She.nu[who] it will seek himH1875

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 3:25

  • Micah 7:7-8

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

  • Isaiah 40:31

    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  • Psalms 130:5-6

    I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

  • Lamentations 3:26

    It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

  • Psalms 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.

  • Psalms 40:1-5

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. …

  • Psalms 27:14

    Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 25:9

    And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

  • Isaiah 30:18

    And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

  • James 5:7

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

  • Isaiah 64:4

    For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
good.
26; Ge 49:18; Ps 25:8; 27:14; 37:7,34; 39:7; 40:1-5; 61:1,5
Ps 130:5,6; Isa 25:9; 30:18; 40:31; 64:4; Mic 7:7,8; Zep 3:8
1Th 1:10; Jas 5:7
to.
1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:2; 19:3; 30:19; 31:21; Ps 22:26; 27:8; 69:32; 105:3
Ps 119:2; Isa 26:9; 55:6; Ho 10:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Lamentations 3:24

    The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

  • Lamentations 3:25

    The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

  • Lamentations 3:26

    It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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Lamentations 3:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Bueno es Jehová á los que en él esperan, al alma que le buscare.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel est bon pour ceux qui s’attendent à lui, pour l’âme qui le cherche.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gütig ist Jehova gegen die, welche auf ihn harren, gegen die Seele, die nach ihm trachtet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum, animæ quærenti illum.