Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
For the salvation of the Lord.
King James Version
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Holman Bible
for deliverance from the Lord.
International Standard Version
It is good to hope and wait patiently for the LORD's salvation.
A Conservative Version
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of LORD.
American Standard Version
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
Amplified
It is good that one waits quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
Darby Translation
It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
Good, and he shall wait and stand still for the salvation of Jehovah.
King James 2000
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[It is] good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
It is good that one should hope for the salvation of Jehovah, even in silence.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O how good is it, with stillness, to wait and tarry for the health of the LORD?
NET Bible
It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Good it is - both to wait and to be silent, for the deliverance of Yahweh;
Webster
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
World English Bible
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
Themes
Patience » To be exercised in » Waiting for God's salvation
Topics
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Devotionals
Devotionals about Lamentations 3:26
Devotionals containing Lamentations 3:26
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:26
Prayers for Lamentations 3:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
25 Good is Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul that seeketh Him. 26 Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah. 27 Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 37:7
Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
Psalm 130:5
I hoped for Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.
Genesis 49:18
For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!
Exodus 14:13
And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, station yourselves, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which He doth for you to-day; for, as ye have seen the Egyptians to-day, ye add no more to see them -- to the age;
2 Chronicles 20:17
Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem -- be not afraid nor fear ye -- to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah is with you.'
Psalm 37:34
Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!
Psalm 52:9
I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done it, And I wait on Thy name for it is good before Thy saints!
Psalm 54:6
With a free will-offering I sacrifice to Thee, I thank Thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good,
Psalm 73:28
And I -- nearness of God to me is good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount all Thy works!
Psalm 92:1
A Psalm. -- A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High,
Psalm 119:166
I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
Psalm 119:174
I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law is my delight.
Isaiah 30:7
Yea, Egyptians are vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: 'Their strength is to sit still.'
Isaiah 30:15
For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: 'In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.
Galatians 4:18
and it is good to be zealously regarded, in what is good, at all times, and not only in my being present with you;
Hebrews 3:14
for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,
Hebrews 10:35
Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward,
1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,