Parallel Verses
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.
International Standard Version
Let him fall face down in the dust, so there may yet be 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
Let him sit by himself and keep silent because he has laid it on him.
29
Perhaps there is
Cross References
Job 40:4
I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth.
2 Chronicles 33:12
When he experienced distress, he begged Jehovah his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.
Job 42:5-6
My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
Jeremiah 31:17
Your future is filled with hope,' says Jehovah. 'Your children will return to their own territory.'
Ezekiel 16:63
I will forgive all the wrongs you have done, but you will remember them and be too ashamed to open your mouth.' The Lord Jehovah has spoken.
Joel 2:14
Who knows whether he will turn back, feel regret and leave a blessing behind him, a meal offering and a drink offering to Jehovah your God?
Jonah 3:9
Who knows whether God will turn back and change his mind, and turn away from his fierce anger that we will not perish?
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek Jehovah all you meek ones of the earth, you who have obeyed his Law! Seek righteousness! Seek meekness that you may be hidden in the Day of Jehovah's anger. (Hebrew: ulay-ulay, may-be; Septuagint: you may be hid.) (Hebrew: sathar: concealed, hidden, protected) (Zephaniah 1:2) (Amos 5:15)
Luke 15:18-19
I will go to my father and say: 'Father I have sinned against God and against you.
Luke 18:13
But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner.
Romans 3:19
We know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law. Every mouth may be stopped and the entire world may become liable to God for punishment.