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Lamentations 3:39

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַה־mah-why?H4100 →
יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙yit.'o.Nenwill he complainH596 →
אָדָ֣ם'a.Dama personH120 →
חָ֔יChailivingH2416 →
גֶּ֖בֶרGe.vera manH1397 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
חֲטָאָֽיו׃ סchet.'ovsins hisH2399 →

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Psalms 107:17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.Proverbs 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.Micah 7:9Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. SelahJeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.Jeremiah 30:15Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.Genesis 4:5–7but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.1 Samuel 3:18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”Isaiah 39:8But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”2 Kings 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”Isaiah 38:17–19Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.Isaiah 51:20Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.2 Kings 3:13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”Ezra 9:13After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),Numbers 11:11So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?Hebrews 12:5–12And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.Leviticus 26:43For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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