Lamentations 3:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust upon their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
Ps 102:7 : 7 I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:26-27
2 verses
80%
26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lam 3:29-30
2 verses
79%
29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
Ps 39:2
73%
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
Isa 38:15
72%
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Job 13:13
72%
13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
Job 34:29
71%
29When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
Ps 32:3
71%
3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
Job 13:19
71%
19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
Job 14:22
71%
22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
Job 2:13
71%
13So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job 34:23
69%
23For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
Job 3:13
69%
13For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
Isa 53:7
69%
7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
Job 33:18-19
2 verses
69%
18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
Lam 3:1
69%
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Isa 46:7
69%
7They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Lam 3:11
69%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
Hab 2:20
69%
20But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Job 13:5
69%
5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.
Lam 3:6-7
2 verses
68%
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Job 9:27
68%
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
Job 33:31
68%
31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Prov 17:28
68%
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is [esteemed as] prudent.
Ps 39:9
68%
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
Jer 15:17
68%
17I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Job 16:15
68%
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
Job 29:21
68%
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
Job 23:14
68%
14For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.
Prov 30:32
68%
32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
Eccl 5:17
68%
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
Amos 5:13
68%
13Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
Job 15:28
68%
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;
Ps 38:14
68%
14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Isa 53:4
68%
4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Job 33:13
68%
13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
Job 37:20
67%
20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Jer 8:14
67%
14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Job 3:17
67%
17There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
Job 31:33
67%
33If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
Ps 131:2
67%
2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Isa 42:2
67%
2He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
Ps 10:11
67%
11He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
Lam 1:13
67%
13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Job 6:10
67%
10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Lam 3:39
67%
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Job 16:7
67%
7But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.