Lamentations 3:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.”
Lamentations 3:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 3:26 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 3:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.”
Lamentations 3:26 — World English Bible
Lamentations 3:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.”
Lamentations 3:26 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 3:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.”
Lamentations 3:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 3:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah. ”
Lamentations 3:26 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 3:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.”
Lamentations 3:26 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 3:26 in Context — Lamentations 3
24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
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What Does Lamentations 3:26 Mean?
Lamentations 3:26 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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