Lamentations 3:40 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.”

Lamentations 3:40 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Lamentations 3:40 in 6 Bible Translations

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Lamentations 3:40 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.”

Lamentations 3:40 — World English Bible

Lamentations 3:40 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. ”

Lamentations 3:40 — American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:40 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.”

Lamentations 3:40 — Young's Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:40 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. ”

Lamentations 3:40 — Darby Translation

Lamentations 3:40 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.”

Lamentations 3:40 — Geneva Bible

Lamentations 3:40 in Context — Lamentations 3

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.

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

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What Does Lamentations 3:40 Mean?

Lamentations 3:40 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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