Lamentations 3:18,21,26
Lamentations 3:18 The Passion Translation (TPT)
I thought to myself, “My endurance has evaporated; YAHWEH has stamped out my hope for the future.”
Lamentations 3:21 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Yet there is one ray of hope when I remember this
Lamentations 3:26 The Passion Translation (TPT)
It is always good to hope, quietly waiting for YAHWEH’s deliverance.
Lamentations 3:16-18 The Message (MSG)
He ground my face into the gravel. He pounded me into the mud. I gave up on life altogether. I’ve forgotten what the good life is like. I said to myself, “This is it. I’m finished. GOD is a lost cause.”
Lamentations 3:19-21 The Message (MSG)
I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed. I remember it all—oh, how well I remember— the feeling of hitting the bottom. But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope
Lamentations 3:25-27 The Message (MSG)
GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD. It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times.
Lamentations 3:18 King James Version (KJV)
And I said, My strength and my hope Is perished from the LORD
Lamentations 3:21 King James Version (KJV)
This I recall to my mind, Therefore have I hope.
Lamentations 3:26 King James Version (KJV)
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly Wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:18 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.
Lamentations 3:26 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:18 New Century Version (NCV)
I said, “My strength is gone, and I have no hope in the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:21 New Century Version (NCV)
But I have hope when I think of this
Lamentations 3:26 New Century Version (NCV)
It is good to wait quietly for the LORD to save.
Lamentations 3:18 American Standard Version (ASV)
And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
Lamentations 3:26 American Standard Version (ASV)
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:18 New International Version (NIV)
So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:21 New International Version (NIV)
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope
Lamentations 3:26 New International Version (NIV)
it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.
Lamentations 3:26 New King James Version (NKJV)
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So I say, “My strength has perished And so has my hope and expectation from the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But this I call to mind, Therefore I have hope.
Lamentations 3:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)
It is good that one waits quietly For the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:18 New Living Translation (NLT)
I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!”
Lamentations 3:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this
Lamentations 3:26 New Living Translation (NLT)
So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.
Lamentations 3:18 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.”