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Selected Verse: Lamentations 3:38 - Douay Rheims
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 3:38 |
Douay Rheims |
Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest? |
| |
King James |
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| evil . . . good--Calamity and prosperity alike proceed from God (Job 2:10; Isa 45:7; Amo 3:6). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Evil - Doth not evil or trouble come out of God's mouth from his direction, and providence, as well as good? |
6 Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?
7 I form the light, and create darkness, I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord that do all these things.
10 And he said to her: Thou hast; spoken like one of the foolish women: if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.