King James Version
Lamentations 3:28 in the King James Version says “He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.”
Lamentations 3:28 · KJV
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.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He sitteth”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“and keepeth silence”
H1826to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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