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Lamentations 3:25

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

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ט֤וֹבtovgoodטוֹבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “good”, the ordinary formH2896good (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 or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…יְהוָה֙yehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).לְקוָֹ֔וleqvavto gatherקָוָהpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to gather”, a verb used as a describing wordH6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expectgather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).לְנֶ֖פֶשׁlenefeshto creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּtidreshenvaskדָּרַשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ask”, an unfinished actionH1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worshipask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Teth. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΤΗΘ. Ἀγαθὸς Κύριος τοῖς ὑπομένουσιν αὐτὸν, ψυχὴ ἣ ζητήσει αὐτὸν, ἀγαθόν·