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Lamentations 3:37

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מ (Mem)

3:37Whose command was ever fulfilled83

unless the Lord84 decreed it?

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Footnotes

  1. 83 Heb “Who is this, he spoke and it came to pass?” The general sense is to ask whose commands are fulfilled. The phrase “he spoke and it came to pass” is taken as an allusion to the creation account (see Gen 1:3).
  2. 84 The reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the note at 1:14.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Who has spoken and it came to pass,

unless the Lord has commanded it?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Who can speak and have it happen

if the Lord has not decreed it?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who is there who speaks and it happens,

unless the Lord has ordained it?

NLTNew Living Translation

Who can command things to happen

without the Lord’s permission?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Who can speak and it will happen

if the Lord has not commanded it?

KJV 1900King James Version

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