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Lamentations 3:38

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 38 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

Context

v.37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

v.38This passage

v.39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 3:6

    Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

  • Job 2:10

    But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

  • Jeremiah 32:42

    For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

  • Isaiah 45:7

    I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

  • Psalms 75:7

    But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

  • Proverbs 29:26

    Many seek the ruler’s favor; But a man’s judgmentcomethfrom Jehovah.