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


In Context

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.

31 For the Lord will not cast off forever.

Lamentations 3:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:29Let him bury his face in the dust- there may yet be hope.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:29Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:29he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:29Let him put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may he hope.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:29He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:29He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.