Lamentations 3:26

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.”

— WEB

“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”

— KJV

“It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 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 …"
Psalms 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."
Psalms 130:5 "I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word."
Hebrews 10:35 "Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward."
Genesis 49:18 "I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh."
1 Peter 1:13 "Therefore prepare your minds for action,literally, “gird up the waist of your mind” or “put on the belt of the waist of your mind” be sob…"
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 i…"
Hebrews 3:14 "For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:"

Commentary

quietly wait--literally, "be in silence." Compare Lam 3:28 and Psa 39:2, Psa 39:9, that is, to be patiently quiet under afflictions, resting in the will of God (Psa 37:7). So Aaron (Lev 10:2-3); and Job (Job 40:4-5).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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