11 translations · Hebrew
Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
Lamentations 3:26 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
- KJV King James Version
- It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
- ASV American Standard Version
- It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- [It is] good when one stays and stands still || For the salvation of YHWH.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- It is good to wait quietly for the Lord's salvation.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
- DBY Darby Translation
- It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ט֤וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | It is good | H2896 טוֹב pleasant |
| וְיָחִיל֙ | wə·yā·ḥîl | to wait | H3175 יָחִיל waiting |
| וְדוּמָ֔ם | wə·ḏū·mām | quietly | H1748 דּוּמָם silence |
| לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת | liṯ·šū·‘aṯ | for the salvation | H8668 תְּשׁוּעָה deliverance: salvation |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | of the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
Related verses
- Psalm 37:7
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
- Psalm 37:34
Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Psalm 130:5
I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
- Genesis 49:18
I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
- Hebrews 10:35
Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
- Isaiah 30:15
For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,
- Hebrews 3:14
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
- 1 Peter 1:13
Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
- Psalm 119:166
I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17
You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
24 “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
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.
Read all of Lamentations 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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