Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 29 Holy Bible

ASV Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
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BBE Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.
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DARBY Lamentations 3:29

he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
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KJV Lamentations 3:29

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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WBT Lamentations 3:29


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WEB Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
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YLT Lamentations 3:29

He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - He putteth his mouth, etc. An Oriental manner of expressing submission (comp. Micah 7:17; Psalm 72:9).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) He putteth his mouth in the dust . . .--The outward image is that of the prostration of an Eastern subject before a king: his very face laid in the dust, so that he cannot speak.