Lamentations 3:25 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”

Lamentations 3:25 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:25 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Lamentations 3:25 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Lamentations 3:25 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.”

Lamentations 3:25 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:25 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”

Lamentations 3:25 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:25 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul <FI>that<Fi> seeketh Him.”

Lamentations 3:25 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:25 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.”

Lamentations 3:25 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:25 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him.”

Lamentations 3:25 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:25 in Context — Lamentations 3

23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

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What Does Lamentations 3:25 Mean?

Lamentations 3:25 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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