Lamentations 3:39 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?”
Lamentations 3:39 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 3:39 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 3:39 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?”
Lamentations 3:39 — World English Bible
Lamentations 3:39 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? ”
Lamentations 3:39 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 3:39 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“What--sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?”
Lamentations 3:39 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 3:39 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? ”
Lamentations 3:39 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 3:39 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.”
Lamentations 3:39 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 3:39 in Context — Lamentations 3
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.
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What Does Lamentations 3:39 Mean?
Lamentations 3:39 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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