Lamentations 3:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Heb 12:9-9 : 9 Furthermore, {G3303} we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.
Ezek 18:32 : 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
Isa 28:21 : 21 For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:31-32
2 verses
85%
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
32For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Job 34:23
74%
23For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
Ps 103:9-10
2 verses
73%
9He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
10He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.
Lam 3:34
73%
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
Ps 89:22
72%
22The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Lam 3:38-39
2 verses
72%
38Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Exod 22:22-23
2 verses
71%
22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Job 5:17-18
2 verses
71%
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Prov 3:11-12
2 verses
71%
11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
12For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Job 34:12
71%
12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Lam 3:1
71%
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Ps 22:24
71%
24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Job 5:6
70%
6For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Ps 73:5
70%
5They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men.
Ps 78:38
70%
38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
Prov 3:30
70%
30Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.
Prov 17:26
70%
26Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.
Job 34:28
69%
28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
Job 34:10
69%
10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Job 33:13
69%
13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?
Prov 6:35
69%
35He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Job 37:13
69%
13Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
Ps 34:19
69%
19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
1 Chr 16:21
69%
21He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Prov 24:18
69%
18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
Isa 9:17
69%
17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Prov 11:17
69%
17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Job 36:21
69%
21Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Ps 38:1
69%
1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Ps 105:14
68%
14He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Job 37:23
68%
23[ Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.
Nah 1:12
68%
12Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Job 33:19
68%
19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
Job 3:20
68%
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 30:24-25
2 verses
68%
24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Ps 106:44
68%
44Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry:
Job 24:21
68%
21He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
Job 14:22
68%
22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
Ps 37:8
68%
8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, [it tendeth] only to evil-doing.
Jonah 3:10
68%
10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Mic 7:18
68%
18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
Lam 3:43
68%
43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Job 33:29
68%
29Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, [yea] thrice, with a man,