Lamentations 3:38
From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
In Context
37Who [is] this — he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?
39What — sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
Cross References
Job 2:10And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.
Proverbs 29:26Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah [is] the judgment of each.
Isaiah 45:7Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I [am] Jehovah, doing all these things.'
Amos 3:6Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath 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 →