Lamentations 3:37-38
Lamentations 3:37-39 The Message (MSG)
Who do you think “spoke and it happened”? It’s the Master who gives such orders. Doesn’t the High God speak everything, good things and hard things alike, into being? And why would anyone gifted with life complain when punished for sin?
Lamentations 3:37-38 King James Version (KJV)
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, When the Lord commandeth it not? Out of the mouth of the Most High Proceedeth not evil and good?
Lamentations 3:37-38 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?
Lamentations 3:37-38 New Century Version (NCV)
Nobody can speak and have it happen unless the Lord commands it. Both bad and good things come by the command of the Most High God.
Lamentations 3:37-38 American Standard Version (ASV)
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
Lamentations 3:37-38 New International Version (NIV)
Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
Lamentations 3:37-38 New King James Version (NKJV)
Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?
Lamentations 3:37-38 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both adversity (misfortune) and good (prosperity, happiness) proceed?
Lamentations 3:37-38 New Living Translation (NLT)
Who can command things to happen without the Lord’s permission? Does not the Most High send both calamity and good?