Lamentations 3:38
Do not out of the mouth of the Most High come both the evil things and the good?
Leeser Tanakh
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 aught, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord hath not ordained it?
39Wherefore should a living man complain? let every man complain because of his sins.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the worthless women would speak. What? should we accept the good alone, from God, and the evil we should not accept? With all this did Job not sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many seek the favor of a ruler; but from the Lord cometh justice for man.
Isaiah 45:7Forming the light, and creating darkness; making peace, and creating evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Amos 3:6Shall a cornet be blown in a city, and the people not become afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord have not 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 →