Lamentations 3:39
Why should any human being complain about the results of their sins?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
In Context
38When the Most High speaks it can be a disaster or a blessing.
40We should look at ourselves, examine what we're doing, and return to the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 4:13“My punishment is more than I can take,” Cain replied.
Leviticus 26:43For the land will be left empty by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths being abandoned. They will pay for their sins, because they rejected my rules and regulations.
Numbers 16:41The next day all the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord's people!”
Joshua 7:6Joshua ripped his clothes and fell down with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the Lord until the evening. The elders did likewise, and he and the elders threw dust on their heads.
2 Kings 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I got to do with you? Go to your own prophets, those of your father and your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No—because it's the Lord who has brought these three kings here to hand them over to the Moabites!”
2 Kings 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger arrived. The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
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 →