Lamentations 3:38
Strong's Lexicon
Do not
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

both adversity
הָרָע֖וֹת (hā·rā·‘ō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7451: adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity 2b) evil, injury, wrong 2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury 3a) evil, misery, distress 3b) evil, injury, wrong 3c) evil (ethical)

and good
וְהַטּֽוֹב׃ (wə·haṭ·ṭō·wḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty

come
תֵצֵ֔א (ṯê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

from the mouth
מִפִּ֤י (mip·pî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

of the Most High ?
עֶלְיוֹן֙ (‘el·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5945: adj 1) high, upper 1a) of Davidic king exalted above monarchs n m 2) Highest, Most High 2a) name of God 2b) of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

Young's Literal Translation
From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

New American Standard Bible
[Is it] not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?

King James Bible
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

New Living Translation
Does not the Most High send both calamity and good?

English Standard Version
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come?

New American Standard Bible
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?

King James Bible
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

International Standard Version
Do not both good and evil things proceed from the mouth of the Most High?

NET Bible
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes--both calamity and blessing?

American Standard Version
Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

English Revised Version
Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

Young's Literal Translation
From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
















Cross References
Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Jeremiah 32:42
For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Lamentations 3:36
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

Lamentations 3:35
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

Lamentations 3:39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

Lamentations 3:40
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Lamentations 3:41
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
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