Lamentations 3:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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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.

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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

Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Job 42:5-6 : 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
Jer 31:17 : 17 And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah; and [thy] children shall come again to their own border.
Ezek 16:63 : 63 that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Joel 2:14 : 14 Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?
Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: 19 I am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke 18:13 : 13 But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote {G1519} his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

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30Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
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28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
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16So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
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19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
Job 16:15
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15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
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Job 42:6
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6Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
Job 37:20
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20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
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15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
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13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
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13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
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Job 19:5
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