Lamentations 3:28-29
Lamentations 3:28-30 The Message (MSG)
When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst.
Lamentations 3:28-29 King James Version (KJV)
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, Because he hath borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the dust; If so be there may be hope.
Lamentations 3:28-29 New Century Version (NCV)
He should sit alone and be quiet; the LORD has given him hard work to do. He should bow down to the ground; maybe there is still hope.
Lamentations 3:28-29 American Standard Version (ASV)
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him. Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Lamentations 3:28-29 New International Version (NIV)
Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him. Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
Lamentations 3:28-29 New King James Version (NKJV)
Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him; Let him put his mouth in the dust— There may yet be hope.
Lamentations 3:28-29 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Let him sit alone [in hope] and keep quiet, Because God has laid it on him [for his benefit]. Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness]; There may yet be hope.
Lamentations 3:28-29 New Living Translation (NLT)
Let them sit alone in silence beneath the LORD’s demands. Let them lie face down in the dust, for there may be hope at last.