Lamentations 3:38 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Out of the mouth of the Most High Proceedeth not evil and good?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Is it not out of the mouth of the Most High that evil and good both proceed [adversity and prosperity, physical evil or misfortune and physical good or happiness]?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

From the mouth of the Most High evil things don’t come, but rather good!

Catholic Public Domain Version

MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?

Lamentations 3:38 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:10

The king replied, ‘Sons of Zeruiah, do we agree on anything?  He curses  me this way because the Lord   told him, “Curse David! ”  Therefore, who can say, “Why did you do that? ” ’

Job 2:10

‘You speak as a foolish woman speaks,’ he told her. ‘Should we accept only good from God and not adversity? ’ Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

Proverbs 29:26

Many desire a ruler’s favour, but a person receives justice from the  Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful,  but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other,  so that no one can discover anything that will come after him.

Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

Jeremiah 32:42

‘For this is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all this terrible disaster on these people,  so am I about to bring on them all the good I am promising them.

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn  is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid? If a disaster  occurs in a city, hasn’t the Lord done it?