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New American Standard Bible
Lamentations 3:28
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Let him sit alone and be silent,for God has disciplined him.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him;
He should sit alone and be quiet; the Lord has given him hard work to do.
Let him sit alone [in hope] and keep quiet, Because God has laid it on him [for his benefit].
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it vpon him.
Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him.
Let him sit alone and be silentSince He has laid it on him.
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
and to sit silently alone, if this is what the Lord intends.
Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him.
He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
He should sit alone and be quiet when the Lord puts his yoke on him.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid thy yoke upon him.
When we suffer, we should sit alone in silent patience;
Let him sit alone and be silent when he has laid it on him.
He sits alone and is silent, for He laid it on him.
He sitteth alone, he holdeth him still. and dwelleth quietly by him self.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
Hee sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because hee hath borne it vpon him.
He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken [the Lordes yoke] vpon hym.
He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne it upon him.
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
Joth. He schal sitte aloone, and he schal be stille; for he reiside hym silf aboue hym silf.
Let him sit alone and keep silent, because he has laid it on him.
He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.
י (Yod)
Let a person sit alone in silence, when the Lord is disciplining him.Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;
Let them sit alone in silence beneath the Lord 's demands.
Let him sit alone and be quiet when God has laid the load on him.
to sit alone in silence when the Lord has imposed it,
Let him sit alone, and keep silence, because he took it upon himself:
Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.
Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him;
He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.
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.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Lamentations 2:10, Psalms 39:9, Psalms 102:7, Jeremiah 15:17
Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to keep Jeremiah 8:14 - be silent
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He sitteth alone,.... Retires from the world, and the men of it, who takes upon him the yoke of Christ; though he is not alone, but God, Father, Son, and Spirit, are with him; and he is with the saints, the excellent of the earth, and has communion with them; and so he is that under the afflicting hand of God bears it patiently, and does not run from place to place complaining of it, but sits still, and considers the cause, end, and use of it. Some render the words in connection with the preceding, it is good "that he sit alone" b; it is good for a man to be alone; in his closet, praying to God; in his house or chamber, reading the word of God; in the field, or elsewhere, meditating upon it, and upon the works of God, of nature, providence, and grace:
and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] on him: or, "took it on him"; either because he took it upon him willingly, and therefore should bear it patiently; or because he (God) hath put it upon him c, and therefore should be silent, and not murmur and repine, since he hath done it, Psalms 39:9.
b ישב בדד "ut sedeat solus", Gataker. c נטל עליו "projecit super ipsum", Tigurine version; "sub. Dominus", Vatablus; "quod imposuerit ipsi Deus", Junius & Tremellius, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Translate:
Let him sit alone and keep silence;
For He (God) hath laid the yoke upon him.
Let him place his mouth in the dust;
Perchance there is hope.
Let him offer his cheek to him that smiteth him;
Let him be filled to the full with reproach.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth, but only if he bear it rightly. To attain this result, let him learn resignation, remembering who has laid the yoke upon him. This reverential silence is described Lamentations 3:29, as putting the mouth in the dust, and so lying prostrate before the Deity; while Lamentations 3:30 the harder task is imposed of bearing contumely with meekness (margin reference), and not shrinking from the last dregs of the cup of reproach. Many who submit readily to God are indignant when the suffering comes through men.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 28. He sitteth alone — He has learned that necessary lesson of independence, that shows him how he is to serve himself; to give no trouble to others; and keep his troubles, as far as possible, in his own bosom.
