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Lamentations 3:39

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Why does a living man complain,
a man for the punishment of his sins?

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Lamentations 3:39 in other translations

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Lamentations 3:39 · American Standard Version

Lamentations 3:39 in context

  1. 37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass,
    when the Lord doesn’t command it?
  2. 38Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
  3. 39Why does a living man complain,
    a man for the punishment of his sins?
  4. 40Let us search and try our ways,
    and turn again to Yahweh.
  5. 41Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.