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Lamentations 3:39–40

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39Why should any living 1person or any man

aComplain because of his sins?

Nun

40Let us asearch out and examine our ways,

And let us return to Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or human being

Cross references

  1. aJer 30:15; Mic 7:9; Heb 12:5, 6
  2. aPs 119:59; 139:23, 24; 2 Cor 13:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Why should a living man complain,

a man, about the punishment of his sins?

Let us test and examine our ways,

and return to the Lord!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Why should the living complain

when punished for their sins?

Let us examine our ways and test them,

and let us return to the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Why should any living person complain,

any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

Let’s examine and probe our ways,

and turn back to the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then why should we, mere humans, complain

when we are punished for our sins?

Instead, let us test and examine our ways.

Let us turn back to the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Why should any living person complain

about his sin?

Let us test and examine our ways;

let us return to Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.