Lamentations 3:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁹ Let him put his mouth in the dust   – perhaps there is still hope.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ He putteth his mouth in the dust; If so be there may be hope.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Let him put his mouth in the dust [in abject recognition of his unworthiness]–there may yet be hope. [Mic. 7:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁹ He should put his mouth in the dirt—perhaps there is hope.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ JOD. He shall place his mouth in the dirt, if perhaps there may be hope.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

Lamentations 3:29 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 33:12

When he was in distress, he sought the favour of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself  before the God of his ancestors.

Job 16:15

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my strength  in the dust.

Job 40:4

I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I place my hand over my mouth.

Jeremiah 31:17

There is hope for your future   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – and your children will return to their own territory.

Ezekiel 16:63

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed,  and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.  This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’

Joel 2:14

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind him, so that you can offer a grain offering and a drink offering to the Lord your God.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows?  God may turn and relent; he may turn from his burning anger so that we will not perish.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord,  all you humble  of the earth, who carry out what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the  Lord’s anger.

Luke 18:13

‘But the tax collector, standing far off,   would not even raise his eyes to heaven   but kept striking his chest   and saying, “God, have mercy on me,   , a sinner! ”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says,  it speaks to those who are subject to the law,  , so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgement.  ,