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Lamentations 3:37–39

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37Who is 1there who speaks and it ahappens,

Unless the Lord has commanded it?

38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High

That aboth calamities and 1good go forth?

39Why should any living 1person or any man

aComplain because of his sins?

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit this
  2. 1Lit the good
  3. 1Or human being

Cross references

  1. aPs 33:9–11
  2. aJob 2:10; Is 45:7; Jer 32:42
  3. aJer 30:15; Mic 7:9; Heb 12:5, 6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Who has spoken and it came to pass,

unless the Lord has commanded it?

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High

that good and bad come?

Why should a living man complain,

a man, about the punishment of his sins?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Who can speak and have it happen

if the Lord has not decreed it?

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High

that both calamities and good things come?

Why should the living complain

when punished for their sins?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who is there who speaks and it happens,

unless the Lord has ordained it?

Do not both adversity and good

come from the mouth of the Most High?

Why should any living person complain,

any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

NLTNew Living Translation

Who can command things to happen

without the Lord’s permission?

Does not the Most High

send both calamity and good?

Then why should we, mere humans, complain

when we are punished for our sins?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Who can speak and it will happen

if the Lord has not commanded it?

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High

that disaster and good will come?

Why should any living person complain

about his sin?

KJV 1900King James Version

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?