Lamentations 3:39 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁹ Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for 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

Micah 7:9

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him; until he plead my cause, and execute judgement for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:15

Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

Lamentations 3:22

It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Isaiah 51:20

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the top of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

Job 11:6

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, That it is manifold in effectual working! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth

Ezra 9:13

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

2 Kings 6:32

But Elisha sat in his house; and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him.?

2 Kings 3:13

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Numbers 17:12

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

Numbers 11:11

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou evil entreated thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

Leviticus 26:43

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them; and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they rejected my judgements, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

Leviticus 26:41

I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity;

Revelation 16:9

And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of the God which hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.

Numbers 16:41

But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

Psalm 107:17

Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

2 Kings 6:33

And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?

Job 15:13

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, And lettest such words go out of thy mouth.

Jeremiah 10:19

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.