Lamentations 3:38
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and the good come? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord decreed it? 1
39How can any person alive complain? How can a person complain about the punishment for his sins? 1
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, “You talk as a foolish woman talks. Should we receive the good from God and not receive the bad?” In all this matter, Job did not sin with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many are those who seek the face of the ruler, 1 but from Yahweh is justice for a person. 1
Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create darkness; 1 I bring peace and create disaster; I am Yahweh, who does all these things. 1
Amos 3:6If a trumpet sounds in a city, 1 will the people not tremble? 1 If disaster overtakes a city, 1 has Yahweh not sent it? 1
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 →