Lamentations 3:39
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:39 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:39 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? complain: or, murmur" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:39 — KJV
“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? complain: or, murmur”
— Lamentations 3:39 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:39 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 3:39
“And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:39: wherefore, murmur
“And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:39: wherefore, doth
“And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:39: wherefore, doth
“Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:39: wherefore, doth
“And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:39: wherefore, doth
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