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Lamentations 3:37-39
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37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (B)woe and well-being proceed?
39 (C)Why should a living man [a]complain,
(D)A man for the punishment of his sins?

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  1. Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur
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37 Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?(A)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(B)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(C)

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Lamentations 3:37-39
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37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

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

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Lamentations 3:37-39
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37 (A)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
    unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 (B)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that good and bad come?
39 (C)Why should a living man complain,
    a man, about the punishment of his sins?

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Lamentations 3:37-39
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37 Who is [a]there who speaks and it (A)comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That [b](B)both adversity and good proceed?

39 Of what can any living [c]mortal, or any man,
(C)Complain [d]in view of his sins?

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  1. Lamentations 3:37 Lit this
  2. Lamentations 3:38 Lit the evil things and the good
  3. Lamentations 3:39 Or human being
  4. Lamentations 3:39 Or on the basis of
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