Lamentations 3:37

37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

Lamentations 3:37 in Other Translations

KJV
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
ESV
37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?
NLT
37 Who can command things to happen without the Lord’s permission?
MSG
37 Who do you think "spoke and it happened"? It's the Master who gives such orders.
CSB
37 Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained [it]?

Lamentations 3:37 In-Context

35 to deny people their rights before the Most High,
36 to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?
37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 33:9-11; S Proverbs 19:21; S Proverbs 21:30
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