Parallel Verses King James Version For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. Darby Bible Translation for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men. World English Bible For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. Young's Literal Translation For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men. Lamentations 3:33 Parallel Commentary King James Translators' Noteswillingly: Heb. from his heart For he doth not {p} afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. (p) He takes no pleasure in it, but does it of necessity for our amendment, when he permits the wicked to oppress the poor.Lamentations 3:33 Parallel Commentaries Library Solitude, Silence, Submission"He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."--Lamentations 3:28, 29. THUS the prophet describes the conduct of a person in deep anguish of heart. When he does not know what to do, his soul, as if by instinct, humbles itself. He gets into some secret place, he utters no speech, he gives himself over to moaning and to tears, and then he bows himself lower and yet lower before the Divine Majesty, as if he felt … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 42: 1896 "And we all do Fade as a Leaf, and Our Iniquities, Like the Wind, have Taken us Away. " To the Reader. Christian Reader How they are to be Admonished who Lament Sins of Deed, and those who Lament Only Sins of Thought. From his Entrance on the Ministry in 1815, to his Commission to Reside in Germany in 1820 The Ambassadors from Babylon Meditations for one that is Like to Die. Letter xxvi. (Circa A. D. 1127) to the Same Of the Character of the Unregenerate. Question Lxxxii of Devotion Cross References Hebrews 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Job 37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. Psalm 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Psalm 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. Lamentations 3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, Ezekiel 33:11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Jump to Previous Afflict Afflicted Affliction Causing Children Grief Grieve Heart Pleasure Troubling WillinglyJump to Next Afflict Afflicted Affliction Causing Children Grief Grieve Heart Pleasure Troubling WillinglyLinks Lamentations 3:33 NIVLamentations 3:33 NLT Lamentations 3:33 ESV Lamentations 3:33 NASB Lamentations 3:33 KJV Lamentations 3:33 Bible Apps Lamentations 3:33 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:33 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:33 French Bible Lamentations 3:33 German Bible Lamentations 3:33 Commentaries Bible Hub |