God’s Justice
Lamentations 3:37
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- KJV
- ¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- WEB
- Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
- ASV
- Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- LSV
- Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, || [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
- YLT
- Who [is] this — he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?
- DBY
- Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
- DRC
- Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- GNV
- Who is he then that sayth, and it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?
- JPS
- Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- LXXE
- Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Τίς οὕτως εἶπε, καὶ ἐγενήθη; Κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 33:9–11For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm. The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples. The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart…
- Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
- Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- James 4:13–15Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist…
- Romans 9:15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
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