Lamentations 3:37
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?”
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“Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who <FI>is<Fi> this--he hath said, and it is, <FI>And<Fi> the Lord hath not commanded <FI>it<Fi> ?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 3:37 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:10Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
- 2 Samuel 16:10But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
- 1 Kings 22:34However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
- 2 Kings 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
- Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- Job 10:13Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
- Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
- Romans 9:15For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
- James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
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