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Lamentations 3:37-39
Evangelical Heritage Version
Lamentations 3:37-39
Evangelical Heritage Version
37 Who can speak something and have it happen, unless the Lord commands it?
38 Don’t the bad things and the good both come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 How can any living man complain?
How can someone complain about the consequences of his sins?
Lamentations 3:37-39
New International Version
Lamentations 3:37-39
New International Version
Lamentations 3:37-39
King James Version
Lamentations 3:37-39
King James Version
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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Lamentations 3:37-39
New King James Version
Lamentations 3:37-39
New King James Version
37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (B)woe and well-being proceed?
39 (C)Why should a living man [a]complain,
(D)A man for the punishment of his sins?
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur
Lamentations 3:37-39
English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:37-39
English Standard Version
37 (A)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 (B)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
39 (C)Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
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