Lamentations 3:38
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
KJV
Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur nec mala nec bona ?
Vulgate
ἐκ στόματος Ὑψίστου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεται τὰ κακὰ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθόν;
LXX
Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
ASV
מִ/פִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָ/רָע֖וֹת וְ/הַ/טּֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 496×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
עֶלְי֔וֹן
'lyvn
adjective · 51×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 3:6 — Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
- Dan 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever,
- Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- Isa 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Jer 32:42 — For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
- Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
- Job 2:10 — But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
- Job 2:10 — But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
- Job 20:29 — This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
- Prov 29:26 — Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
- Ps 62:1 — Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
- Ps 75:7 — But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.