Lamentations 3:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Jer 15:17 : 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, 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, and 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{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
Ps 102:7 : 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow 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
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26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lam 3:29-30
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29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Ps 39:2
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2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace{H8689)}, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred{H8738)}.
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 in 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 make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Ps 32:3
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3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Job 13:19
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19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job 14:22
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22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Job 2:13
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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
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23For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Job 3:13
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13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Isa 53:7
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7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Job 33:18-19
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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 the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Lam 3:1
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1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Isa 46:7
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7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Lam 3:11
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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Hab 2:20
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20But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Job 13:5
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5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Lam 3:6-7
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68%
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Job 9:27
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27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job 33:31
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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: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Ps 39:9
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9I was dumb, I opened{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
Jer 15:17
68%
17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, 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 defiled my horn in the dust.
Job 29:21
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21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job 23:14
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14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
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32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
Eccl 5:17
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17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Amos 5:13
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13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
Ps 38:14
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14Thus I was 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
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13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Job 37:20
67%
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Jer 8:14
67%
14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Job 3:17
67%
17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job 31:33
67%
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Ps 131:2
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2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Isa 42:2
67%
2He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Ps 10:11
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Lam 1:13
67%
13From above 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
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10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed 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.