Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.
Isaiah 45:7forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.
Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done [it]?
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:38-42
The Duties of the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord . 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the foregoing verses , and may taste the… Read the whole commentary →