American Standard Version
"Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? "
— Lamentations 3:39, American Standard Version
“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?”
“Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?”
“Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?”
“Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?”
“What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?”
“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?”
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.