Verse Comparison: Lamentations 3:29
American Standard Version
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Amplified® Bible
Let him put his mouth in the dust [in abject recognition of his unworthiness]--there may yet be hope.
Contemporary English Version
Being rubbed in the dirt can teach us a lesson;
Darby English Version
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
Good News Bible
We should bow in submission, for there may still be hope.
King James Version
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
New American Standard Bible
Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope.
New International Version
Let him bury his face in the dust—
there may yet be hope.
New King James Version
Let him put his mouth in the dust—
There may yet be hope.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there remains hope.
Revised Standard Version
let him put his mouth in the dust--there may yet be hope;
Young's Literal Translation
He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.