Lamentations 3:28
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Hee sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because hee hath borne it vpon him.
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- Jeremiah 15:17Rank 1 from verse 28
- Lamentations 2:10Rank 2 from verse 28
10The 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.
10The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the ground and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heads: they haue girded themselues with sackcloth: the virgins of Ierusalem hang downe their heades to the ground.
- Psalms 102:7Rank 3 from verse 28
- Psalms 39:9Rank 4 from verse 28
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Lamentations 3:28
1. Without others, company, or help; by oneself. 2. Only or solely. 3. In "let ... alone," to leave undisturbed or refrain from interfering with.
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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.
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1. Carried, supported, conveyed, or sustained. 2. Endured or suffered. 3. Brought forth as offspring. 4. Bore or possessed a likeness. 5. Given testimony.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
27 It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
28Hee sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because hee hath borne it vpon him.
Selected passage29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.