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Lamentations 3:37
Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
Lamentations 3:37 · Bible in Basic English
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Lamentations 3:37 in other translations
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
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In context
34 In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.
36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.
37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
38 Do not evil and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
40 Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;
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