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Lamentations 3:37–38

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37Who can speak and have it happen

if the Lord has not decreed it?j

38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High

that both calamities and good things come?k

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Cross references

  1. jPs 33:9–11; See Pr 19:21; See 21:30
  2. kSee Job 2:10; See Isa 45:7; Jer 32:42

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?

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?

NLTNew Living Translation

Who can command things to happen

without the Lord’s permission?

Does not the Most High

send both calamity and good?

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?

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?