28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.


In Context

25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

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

27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach.

Lamentations 3:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:28Let him sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:28Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:28He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:28He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:28He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:28He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it on him.