King James Version
Lamentations 3:25 in the King James Version says “The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”
Lamentations 3:25 · KJV
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“unto them that wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“for him to the soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“that seeketh”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
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