Lamentations 3:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
Job 2:10 : 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Jer 32:42 : 42 For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
Ps 75:7 : 7 But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
Prov 29:26 : 26 Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment [cometh] from Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Lam 3:35-37
3 verses
81%
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Lam 3:39
74%
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Jas 3:10-11
2 verses
72%
10out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?
Job 8:3
71%
3Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Job 15:13
70%
13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
Prov 12:21
70%
21There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
Job 31:2-3
2 verses
70%
2For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Job 34:12-13
2 verses
70%
12Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
13Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who hath disposed the whole world?
Job 36:23
70%
23Who hath enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?
Ps 36:3
70%
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Matt 12:35
70%
35The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Job 5:6
70%
6For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Prov 16:10
70%
10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
Lam 3:33
69%
33For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Isa 31:2
69%
2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Eccl 8:3
69%
3Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Amos 3:6
69%
6Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?
Job 2:10
69%
10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job 31:30
69%
30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
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.
Ps 75:6
69%
6For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, [cometh] lifting up.
Hab 1:13
69%
13Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
Prov 8:7
68%
7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Prov 17:13
68%
13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Ps 52:1
68%
1For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually.
Job 37:22
68%
22Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.
1 Sam 24:13
68%
13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
Ps 5:4
68%
4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
Prov 17:26
68%
26Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.
Ps 34:13
68%
13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Luke 6:45
68%
45The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the evil [man] out of the evil [treasure] {G846} {G2588} bringeth forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Job 37:13
68%
13Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.
Job 34:17-18
2 verses
68%
17Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?—
18[Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;
Jas 1:13
67%
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted {G2076} with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:
Job 8:20
67%
20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
Ps 37:27
67%
27Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.
Eccl 7:20
67%
20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Matt 7:18
67%
18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Prov 14:22
67%
22Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth [shall be to] them that devise good.
Job 4:17
67%
17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Ps 140:11
67%
11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Job 38:1
67%
1Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Ps 50:16
67%
16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,
Job 14:4
67%
4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.