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Lamentations 3:37

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

KJV

Quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret, Domino non jubente ?

Vulgate

τίς οὕτως εἶπεν, καὶ ἐγενήθη; Κύριος οὐκ ἐνετείλατο·

LXX

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

ASV

מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַ/תֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖/י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 17:14 — And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the inte
  • Acts 5:38 — And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
  • Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
  • Eccl 1:15 — That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
  • Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
  • Eph 1:9 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
  • Eph 1:11 — In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
  • Gen 42:28 — And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
  • Isa 7:7 — Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
  • Isa 8:10 — Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Isa 14:24 — The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
  • Isa 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Jas 4:13 — Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
  • Jas 4:15 — For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
  • Jer 44:28 — Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know w
  • Job 17:11 — My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
  • Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • Mal 1:4 — Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border o
  • Neh 4:15 — And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
  • Prov 16:9 — A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Prov 21:30 — There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Ps 33:9 — For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
  • Ps 33:11 — The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Ps 37:5 — Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
  • Rom 9:15 — For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.