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37 Who is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?(A)
38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?(B)
39 Why should any living person complain,
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

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37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

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

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37 Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?(A)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(B)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(C)

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37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (B)woe and well-being proceed?
39 (C)Why should a living man [a]complain,
(D)A man for the punishment of his sins?

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur