The Meaning of Lamentations 3:28 Explained

Lamentations 3:28

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

YLT: He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Lamentations 3:28 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Such a person should bear his burden without complaining since God has placed it on him (cf. Psalm 39:2; Psalm 94:17).

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:28 mean?

Let him sit alone and keep silent because [God] has laid [it] on him
יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו

יֵשֵׁ֤ב  Let  him  sit 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בָּדָד֙  alone 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּדָד  
Sense: isolation, withdrawal, separation.
וְיִדֹּ֔ם  and  keep  silent 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּמַם 
Sense: to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb.
כִּ֥י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
נָטַ֖ל  [God]  has  laid  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָטַל  
Sense: to lift, bear, bear up.
עָלָֽיו  on  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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