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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
יתן בעפר פיהו אולי יש תקוה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ytn b`pr pyhv Avly ySH tqvh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
IOTH ponet in pulvere os suum si forte sit spes

King James Variants
American King James Version   
He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Authorized (King James) Version   
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
New King James Version   
Let him put his mouth in the dust— There may yet be hope.
21st Century King James Version   
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so it be, there may be hope.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Darby Bible Translation   
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Let him put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may he hope.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;
God's Word   
They should put their mouths in the dust. Maybe a reason to hope exists.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Let him put his mouth in the dust-- perhaps there is still hope.
International Standard Version   
Let him fall face down in the dust, so there may yet be hope.
NET Bible   
Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is 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 Living Translation   
Let them lie face down in the dust, for there may be hope at last.
Webster's Bible Translation   
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
The World English Bible   
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
EasyEnglish Bible   
They should be humble in front of God. Then hope may come again.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
New Life Version   
Let him put his mouth in the dust. There may be hope yet.
The Voice Bible   
Just don’t interfere if he falls, gape-mouthed in the dust. There may well be hope yet.
Living Bible   
to lie face downward in the dust; then at last there is hope for him.
New Catholic Bible   
Let him bury his head in the dust; there may still be hope.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Let him put his mouth in the dust; Perhaps there is hope.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
He shall put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Christian Standard Bible   
Let him put his mouth in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Let him put his mouth in the dust [in abject recognition of his unworthiness]—there may yet be hope.
New Century Version   
He should bow down to the ground; maybe there is still hope.
The Message   
When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence. Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear. Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Let him stick his face in the dust. Perhaps there still is hope.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
to put one’s mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope),
Good News Translation®   
We should bow in submission, for there may still be hope.
Wycliffe Bible   
He shall set his mouth in (the) dust, if peradventure hope is. (He shall put his face upon the ground, for perhaps there may still be hope.)
Contemporary English Version   
Being rubbed in the dirt can teach us a lesson;
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
to put one’s mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope),
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
to put one’s mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope),
Common English Bible © 2011   
He should put his mouth in the dirt—perhaps there is hope.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness]; There may yet be hope.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
To put one’s mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope—
New American Standard Bible   
Let him put his mouth in the dust; Perhaps there is hope.
The Expanded Bible   
He should ·bow down to the ground [L put his mouth in the dust]; maybe there is still hope.
Tree of Life Version   
Let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope.
Revised Standard Version   
let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;
New International Reader's Version   
Let him bury his face in the dust. There might still be hope for him.
BRG Bible   
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Let him submit absolutely; there may yet be hope.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
to put one’s mouth to the dust (there may yet be hope),
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
He putteth his mouth in the aphar; there may yet be tikvah.
Names of God Bible   
They should put their mouths in the dust. Maybe a reason to hope exists.
Modern English Version   
let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope.
Easy-to-Read Version   
He should bow down to the Lord. Maybe there is still hope.
International Children’s Bible   
He should bow to the Lord with his face to the ground. Maybe there is still hope.
Lexham English Bible   
Let him put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.
New International Version - UK   
Let him bury his face in the dust – there may yet be hope.