Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
New American Standard Bible
Offer
King James Version
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
International Standard Version
Why should anyone living complain, any mortal, about being punished for sin?
A Conservative Version
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
American Standard Version
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Amplified
Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins?
Bible in Basic English
What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
Darby Translation
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Julia Smith Translation
Why shall a living man murmur? a man for his sin?
King James 2000
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why should any living person complain about his sin?
Modern King James verseion
What? Should mankind complain, a living man, because of his sins?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore then murmureth the living man, let him murmur at his own sin.
NET Bible
Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?
New Heart English Bible
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
The Emphasized Bible
Why should a living son of earth complain, Let a man complain because of his sins?
Webster
Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
World English Bible
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Youngs Literal Translation
What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
Themes
Afflicted saints » Should acknowledge the justice of their chastisements
Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Anger of God » To be born with submission
Complaining » What to do instead of complaining
Murmuring » Unreasonableness of
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Sin
Interlinear
Chay
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
38
come from the mouth of the Most High?
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
and turn back to the Lord.
Names
Cross References
Micah 7:9
I must endure the Lord’s rage
until He argues my case
and establishes justice for me.
He will bring me into the light;
I will see His salvation.
Proverbs 19:3
yet his heart rages against the Lord.
Genesis 4:5-7
but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.
Genesis 4:13-14
But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment
Leviticus 26:41
and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled,
Leviticus 26:43
For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they pay the penalty for their sin, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
Numbers 11:11
So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have You brought such trouble on Your servant? Why are You angry with me, and why do You burden me with all these people?
Numbers 16:41
The next day the entire Israelite community complained about Moses and Aaron,
Numbers 17:12
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost!
Joshua 7:6-13
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.
2 Samuel 6:7-8
Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah,
2 Kings 3:13
However, Elisha said to King Joram of Israel, “We have nothing in common. Go to the prophets of your father and your mother!”
But the king of Israel replied, “No, because it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to hand them over to Moab.”
2 Kings 6:32
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders
Ezra 9:13
After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt—though You, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserve and have allowed us to survive
Job 11:6
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your sin.
Isaiah 38:17-19
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.
Isaiah 51:20
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.
Jeremiah 30:15
Your pain has no cure!
I have done these things to you
because of your enormous guilt
and your innumerable sins.
Lamentations 3:22
ח Khet
we do not perish,
for His mercies never end.
Jonah 2:3-4
into the heart of the seas,
and the current
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.
Jonah 4:8-9
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind.
Hebrews 12:5-12
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:
or faint when you are reproved by Him,
Revelation 16:9
and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God,