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New American Standard Bible
Lamentations 3:29
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Let him put his mouth in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;
He should bow down to the ground; maybe there is still hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness]; There may yet be hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust;Perhaps there is hope.
Let him bury his face in the dust-perhaps there is still hope.
Being rubbed in the dirt can teach us a lesson;
Let him submit absolutely; there may yet be hope.
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
He should bow down to the Lord. Maybe there is still hope.
Let him humble himself, for there is hope.
We should bow in submission, for there may still be hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.
He puts his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there is hope.
He layeth his face vpon the earth, yf (percase) there happen to be eny hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may he hope.
Joth. He schal sette his mouth in dust, if perauenture hope is.
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there may be hope.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.
Let him put his mouth in the dust-- There may yet be hope.
Let them lie face down in the dust, for there may be hope at last.
Let him put his mouth in the dust. There may be hope yet.
to put one's mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope),
Let him put, in the dust, his mouth, peradventure, there is hope!
Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
let him put his mouth in the dust--there may yet be hope;
He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
putteth: 2 Chronicles 33:12, Job 40:4, Job 42:5, Job 42:6, Ezekiel 16:63, Romans 3:19
if: Joel 2:14, Jonah 3:9, Zephaniah 2:3, Luke 15:18, Luke 15:19, Luke 18:13
Reciprocal: Numbers 5:17 - of the dust Jonah 3:6 - and covered Micah 1:10 - roll Micah 7:17 - lick
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He putteth his mouth in the dust,.... Of self-abhorrence; sensible of his own vileness and nothingness, his unworthiness, and the unprofitableness of all his duties; ascribing the whole of his salvation to the free grace of God, Job 42:6; humbling himself under the mighty hand of God; not daring to open his mouth in a complaining way against him; but prostrating himself before him to the earth, as the manner of the eastern people in prayer was, to which the allusion is; licking as it were the dust of the earth, under a sense of the distance and disproportion between God and him, who is but dust and ashes; so the Targum adds,
"and is prostrate before the Lord:''
if so be there may be hope; or, "peradventure there is hope" d; for, as some interpreters observe, these words do not express hesitation and doubt, but hope and expectation of help, to bear the yoke of God's commandments, and in due time to be delivered from affliction and distress.
d ×××× ×ש תק×× "forte est expectatio", Junius Tremellius "fortassis", Piscator, Cocceius; "forte est spes", 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 29. He putteth his mouth in the dust — Lives in a state of deep humility.
If so be there may be hope. — Because there is room for hope.
