Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
KJV
Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit, quia levavit super se.
Vulgate
καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας καὶ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι ἦρεν ἐφ’ ἑαυτῷ.
LXX
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
ASV
יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְ/יִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּדָ֣ד
bdd
noun · 9×
יִדָּ֑מּוּ
ydmv
verb · 29×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נוֹטֵ֣ל
nvtl
verb · 4×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
A brother came to Scetis to visit Abba Moses and asked him for a word. The old man said to him, "Go, sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything."
Cross-references
- Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
- Jer 15:17 — 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.
- Jer 15:17 — 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 — 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
- Lam 2:10 — 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
- Ps 102:7 — I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.