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Selected Verse: Lamentations 3:38 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 3:38 |
Strong Concordance |
Out of the mouth [06310] of the most High [05945] proceedeth [03318] not evil [07451] and good [02896]? |
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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 a trumpet [07782] be blown [08628] in the city [05892], and the people [05971] not be afraid [02729]? shall there be evil [07451] in a city [05892], and the LORD [03068] hath not done [06213] it?
7 I form [03335] the light [0216], and create [01254] darkness [02822]: I make [06213] peace [07965], and create [01254] evil [07451]: I the LORD [03068] do [06213] all these things.
10 But he said [0559] unto her, Thou speakest [01696] as one [0259] of the foolish women [05036] speaketh [01696]. What [01571]? shall we receive [06901] good [02896] at the hand of God [0430], and shall we not receive [06901] evil [07451]? In all this did not Job [0347] sin [02398] with his lips [08193].