Parallel Verses
Amplified
For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness and tender mercy.
New American Standard Bible
Then He will have
According to His abundant lovingkindness.
King James Version
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Holman Bible
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.
International Standard Version
though he causes grief, his compassion abounds according to his gracious love.
A Conservative Version
For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
American Standard Version
For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Bible in Basic English
For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
Darby Translation
but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
Julia Smith Translation
For if he afflicted, and he compassionated according to the multitude of his mercy.
King James 2000
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For even though he causes grief he has compassion according to the greatness of his royal love.
Modern King James verseion
for though He causes grief, yet He will have pity according to the multitude of His kindnesses.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But though he do cast off, yet according to the multitude of his mercies, he receiveth to grace again.
NET Bible
Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.
New Heart English Bible
For though he may cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the abundance of his loving kindness.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion, according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses;
Webster
But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
World English Bible
For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
Youngs Literal Translation
For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
Themes
Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Afflictions » Tempered with mercy
Compassion » Of Christ » Of God
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:32
Prayers for Lamentations 3:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
31
For the Lord will not reject forever,
For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness and tender mercy.
For He does not afflict willingly and from His heart
Or grieve the children of men.
Cross References
Psalm 78:38
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Hosea 11:8
How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like
My heart recoils within Me;
All My compassions are kindled together [for My nation of Israel].
Psalm 106:43-45
Many times He rescued them;
But they were rebellious in their counsel,
And sank down in their wickedness.
Exodus 2:23
Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage
Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
Judges 10:16
So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.
2 Kings 13:23
But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned toward them for the sake of
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment,
Weeping may endure for a night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 103:11
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
Jeremiah 31:20
“Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a darling and beloved child?
For as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him.
Therefore My affection is renewed and My heart longs for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,” says the Lord.
Lamentations 3:22
It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed,
Because His [tender] compassions never fail.
Luke 15:20