Lamentations 3:39 - Revised Standard Version CI

³⁹ Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ Wherefore doth a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ Why does a living man sigh [one who is still in this life's school of discipline]? [And why does] a man complain for the punishment of his sins?

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Common English Bible

³⁹ Why then does any living person complain; why should anyone complain about their sins?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ MEM. Why has a living man murmured, a man suffering for his sins?

Lamentations 3:39 Cross References

2 Kings 3:13

And Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No; it is the Lord who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”

2 Kings 6:32

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence; but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?”

2 Kings 6:33

And while he was still speaking with them, the king came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

Ezra 9:13

And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that thou, our God, hast punished us less than our iniquities deserved and hast given us such a remnant as this,

Job 11:6

and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

Job 15:13

that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

Psalm 107:17

Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

Proverbs 19:3

When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.

Jeremiah 10:19

Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, “Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it.”

Jeremiah 30:15

Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;

Leviticus 26:41

so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity;

Leviticus 26:43

But the land shall be left by them, and enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his deliverance.

Numbers 11:11

Moses said to the Lord, “Why hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou dost lay the burden of all this people upon me?

Numbers 16:41

But on the morrow all the congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”

Numbers 17:12

And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

Revelation 16:9

men were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.