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Lamentations 3:26

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

Context

v.25Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

v.26This passage

v.27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 130:5

    I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.

  • Genesis 49:18

    I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

  • Psalms 52:9

    I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.

  • Psalms 119:166

    I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.

  • Hebrews 3:14

    for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

  • Galatians 4:18

    But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.