Lamentations 3:26
“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saluation of the Lord.”
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Lamentations 3:26 Context
24The Lord is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him. 25The Lord is good vnto them that waite for him, to the soule that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saluation of the Lord. 27It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth. 28Hee sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because hee hath borne it vpon him.
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[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- King James Version
{It is} good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
- Basic English Bible
It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- Webster's Bible
It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
- World English Bible
Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible