Lamentations 3:29
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Lamentations 3:29 in other translations
| BSB | Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope. |
| DARBY | he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope; |
| BBE | Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope. |
| Webster | He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope. |
What does Lamentations 3:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:28-30
28-30. The fruit of true docility and patience. He does not fight against the yoke (Jr 31:18; Ac 9:5), but accommodates himself to it. alone--The heathen applauded magnanimity, but they looked to display and the praise of men. The child of God, in the absence of any witness, "alone," silently submits to the will of God. borne it upon him--that is, because he is used to bearing it on him. Rather, "because He (the…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Lamentations 3:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:29
- Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- 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, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
- Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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?
- Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- Job 42:5-6
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
- Lamentations 3:29
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
- Lamentations 3:30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Lamentations 3:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pondrá su boca en el polvo, por si quizá hay esperanza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il met sa bouche dans la poussière: peut-être y aura-t-il quelque espoir. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | er lege seinen Mund in den Staub; vielleicht gibt es Hoffnung. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ponet in pulvere os suum, si forte sit spes. |