37Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?


In Context

34 To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,

35 to deny a man his rights before the Most High,

36 to deprive a man of justice- would not the Lord see such things?

37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

39 Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins?

Lamentations 3:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:37Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:37Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:37Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:37Who is this — he hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:37Who is he that said, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?