Lamentations 3:37–38
Lamentations 3:37–38 — The New International Version (NIV)
37 Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — English Standard Version (ESV)
37 Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — New Living Translation (NLT)
37 Who can command things to happen
without the Lord’s permission?
38 Does not the Most High
send both calamity and good?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
37 Who is he 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 woe and well-being proceed?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — New Century Version (NCV)
37 Nobody can speak and have it happen
unless the Lord commands it.
38 Both bad and good things
come by the command of the Most High God.
Lamentations 3:37–38 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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 cometh there not evil and good?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
37 Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded? 38 Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
37 Who was it who spoke and it came into being?
It was the Lord who gave the order.
38 Both good and bad come from the mouth of the Most High God.
Lamentations 3:37–38 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
37 Who is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?
38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
37 Who can command and have it done,
if the Lord has not ordained it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
37 Who can speak and it will happen
if the Lord has not commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that disaster and good will come?
Lamentations 3:37–38 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
37 Suppose people order something to happen.
It won’t happen unless the Lord has planned it.
38 Troubles and good things alike come to people
because the Most High God has commanded them to come.
Lamentations 3:37–38 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
37 Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That both good and ill go forth?