Lamentations 3:38

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 45:7 : 7 Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I `am' Jehovah, doing all these things.'
  • Job 2:10 : 10 And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done `it'?
  • Jer 32:42 : 42 `For thus said Jehovah: As I brought in unto this people all this great evil, so I am bringing in on them all the good that I am speaking concerning them;
  • Ps 75:7 : 7 But God `is' judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.
  • Prov 29:26 : 26 Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah `is' the judgment of each.

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