King James Version

Lamentations 3:28

He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

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יֵשֵׁ֤בyeshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dwell”, a wish or indirect commandH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בָּדָד֙badadaloneבָּדָדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alone”, the ordinary formH910separate; adverb, separatelyalone, desolate, only, solitary.וְיִדֹּ֔םveyidomand be cut downדָּמַםconjunction, verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be cut down”, a wish or indirect commandH1826to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perishcease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…נָטַ֖לnatalbearנָטַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH5190to lift; by implication, to imposebear, offer, take up.עָלָֽיוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

Young’s Literal Translation

He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.

World English Bible

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

Darby Translation

He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

Douay-Rheims

Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne it upon him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καθήσεται κατὰ μόνας, καὶ σιωπήσεται, ὅτι ᾖρεν ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ.