Lamentations 3:39

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 39 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.38Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

v.39This passage

v.40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

Cross references

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

  • Micah 7:9

    I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

  • Numbers 11:11

    And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

  • Leviticus 26:43

    The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

  • Jonah 2:3

    For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

  • Ezra 9:13

    And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such a remnant,

  • Proverbs 19:3

    The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.