Lamentations 3:38 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁸ Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ Out of the mouth of the Most High Proceedeth not evil and good?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ 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)

³⁸ Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

Common English Bible

³⁸ From the mouth of the Most High evil things don’t come, but rather good!

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ MEM. Does not both misfortune and good proceed from the mouth of the Most High?

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?