Parallel Verses
Webster
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may 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.
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!
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 sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope. 30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Cross References
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Job 42:5-6
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye seeth thee.
Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope in thy end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Ezekiel 16:63
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified towards thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Joel 2:14
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the LORD your God?
Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Luke 15:18-19
I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever things the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.