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Lamentations 3:21

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

KJV

Hæc recolens in corde meo, ideo sperabo.

Vulgate

ταύτην τάξω εἰς τὴν καρδίαν μου, διὰ τοῦτο ὑπομενῶ.

LXX

This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.

ASV

זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל לִבִּ֖/י עַל כֵּ֥ן אוֹחִֽיל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 591×
יִחָֽלְתִּי
ychlty
verb · 40×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 13:13 — And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
  • Eccl 9:4 — For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
  • Hab 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
  • Hos 2:15 — And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of
  • Jer 31:17 — And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
  • Jonah 2:7 — When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
  • Lam 3:24 — The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
  • Ps 48:14 — For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
  • Ps 71:14 — But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
  • Ps 77:7 — Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
  • Ps 130:7 — Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
  • Zech 9:12 — Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;