Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Offer
King James Version
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Holman Bible
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
International Standard Version
Why should anyone living complain, any mortal, about being punished for sin?
A Conservative Version
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
American Standard Version
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Amplified
Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins?
Bible in Basic English
What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
Darby Translation
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Julia Smith Translation
Why shall a living man murmur? a man for his sin?
King James 2000
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why should any living person complain about his sin?
Modern King James verseion
What? Should mankind complain, a living man, because of his sins?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore then murmureth the living man, let him murmur at his own sin.
NET Bible
Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?
New Heart English Bible
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
The Emphasized Bible
Why should a living son of earth complain, Let a man complain because of his sins?
Webster
Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
World English Bible
Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Youngs Literal Translation
What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
Themes
Afflicted saints » Should acknowledge the justice of their chastisements
Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Anger of God » To be born with submission
Complaining » What to do instead of complaining
Murmuring » Unreasonableness of
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Sin
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 3:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Affliction
38
That
Offer
And let us return to the Lord.
Names
Cross References
Micah 7:9
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He
He will bring me out to the
And I will see His
Proverbs 19:3
And his heart
Genesis 4:5-7
but
Genesis 4:13-14
Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!
Leviticus 26:41
I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—
Leviticus 26:43
Numbers 11:11
Numbers 16:41
But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel
Numbers 17:12
Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “
Joshua 7:6-13
Then Joshua
2 Samuel 6:7-8
And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and
2 Kings 3:13
Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What do I have to do with you?
2 Kings 6:32
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and
Ezra 9:13
After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and
Job 11:6
For sound wisdom
Know then that God
Isaiah 38:17-19
It is You who has
For You have
Isaiah 51:20
They
Like an
Full of the wrath of the Lord,
The
Jeremiah 30:15
Your pain is incurable.
Because your iniquity is great
And your sins are numerous,
I have done these things to you.
Lamentations 3:22
Jonah 2:3-4
Into the heart of the seas,
And the current
All Your
Jonah 4:8-9
When the sun came up God appointed a scorching
Hebrews 12:5-12
and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“
Nor
Revelation 16:9
Men were scorched with