Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Let him fall face down in the dust, so there may yet be hope.
New American Standard Bible
Perhaps there is
King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Holman Bible
perhaps there is still hope.
A Conservative Version
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
American Standard Version
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Amplified
Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness];
There may yet be hope.
Bible in Basic English
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
Darby Translation
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
Julia Smith Translation
He will give his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there is hope.
King James 2000
He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let {him put} his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.
Modern King James verseion
He puts his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there may be hope.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He layeth his face upon the earth, if, percase, there happen to be any hope.
NET Bible
Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.
New Heart English Bible
Let him put his mouth to the dust, there may yet be hope.
The Emphasized Bible
Let him put, in the dust, his mouth, peradventure, there is hope!
Webster
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
World English Bible
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Youngs Literal Translation
He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
Interlinear
Nathan
Peh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
28 He is to sit apart and remain silent, because the LORD has laid it upon him. 29 Let him fall face down in the dust, so there may yet be hope. 30 He will endure being slapped in the face, bringing him public disgrace.
Cross References
Job 40:4
"I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.
2 Chronicles 33:12
But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,
Job 42:5-6
I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.
Jeremiah 31:17
There is hope for your future," declares the LORD. "Your children will return to their own territory."
Ezekiel 16:63
Then you will remember, be ashamed, and you won't open your mouth anymore due to humiliation when I will have made atonement for you for everything that you've done,' declares the Lord GOD."
Joel 2:14
Who knows? He will turn back and relent, will he not, leaving behind a blessing, even a grain offering and drink offering for the LORD your God?"
Jonah 3:9
Who knows but that God may relent, have compassion, and turn from his fierce anger, so that we are not exterminated?"
Zephaniah 2:3
seek the LORD, all you humble people of the land, who do what he commands. Seek righteousness! Seek humility! Maybe you will be protected in the Day of the LORD's anger."
Luke 15:18-19
I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you.
Luke 18:13
"But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, "O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!'
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.