Lamentations 3:38 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?”
Lamentations 3:38 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 3:38 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Lamentations 3:38 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Lamentations 3:38 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?”
Lamentations 3:38 — World English Bible
Lamentations 3:38 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?”
Lamentations 3:38 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 3:38 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.”
Lamentations 3:38 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 3:38 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?”
Lamentations 3:38 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 3:38 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not euill and good?”
Lamentations 3:38 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 3:38 in Context — Lamentations 3
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
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.
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What Does Lamentations 3:38 Mean?
Lamentations 3:38 is a verse from the Book of Lamentations, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Lamentations chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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