Lamentations 3:38-40
New King James Version
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (A)woe and well-being proceed?
39 (B)Why should a living man [a]complain,
(C)A man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur
Lamentations 3:38-40
English Standard Version
38 (A)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
39 (B)Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us test and examine our ways,
(C)and return to the Lord!
Lamentations 3:38-40
King James Version
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?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
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