Lamentations 3:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ to sit alone in silence when the Lord has imposed it,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, Because he hath borne it upon him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Let him sit alone uncomplaining and keeping silent [in hope], because [God] has laid [the yoke] upon him [for his benefit]. [Rom. 8:28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

Common English Bible

²⁸ He should sit alone and be silent when God lays it on him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ Jod. He shall sit solitary and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

Lamentations 3:28 Cross References

Job 23:2

“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Psalm 102:7

I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.

Psalm 39:10

Remove your stroke from me; I am worn down by the blows of your hand.

Psalm 39:9

I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; under the weight of your hand I sat alone, for you had filled me with indignation.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads; they put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for one to bear the yoke in youth,