Lamentations 3:29

In 10 translations

BSB

Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

He puts his mouth in the dust, if so be, there is hope.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.

JPS

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

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
• Zephaniah 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
• Job 42:5–6My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
• Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
• Luke 15:18–19I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’
• Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
• 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
• Luke 18:13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
• Jeremiah 31:17So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
• Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).