Lamentations 3:38
36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve.
37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
- KJV
- Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
- WEB
- Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
- ASV
- Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
- DARBY
- Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
- BLB
- From the mouth of the Most High [does] not come forth the bad and the good?
- ÅB
- Er det ikke fra den Høyestes munn både de onde og de gode ting utgår?
- OTB
- Kommer ikke både motgang og godt fra Den Høyestes munn?
- B1930
- Er det ikke fra den Høiestes munn både de onde og de gode ting utgår?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Read in contextAmos 3:6
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
Read in contextJeremiah 32:42
For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
Read in contextJob 2:10
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Read in contextPsalms 75:7
but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
Read in contextProverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
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