Lamentations 3:35
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:35 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:35 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, the most High: or, a superior" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:35 — KJV
“To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, the most High: or, a superior”
— Lamentations 3:35 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:35 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:35
“And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:35: turn, aside, right
“And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:35: turn, before, face
“So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. in time...: Heb. to morrow”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:35: right, before, face
“Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:35: turn, right, high
“Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:35: turn, right, high
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