Lamentations 3:39

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Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth 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 the LORD.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore doth a living^H2416 man^H120 complain^H596, a man^H1397 for the punishment of his sins^H2399?

Original Hebrew

מַה־יִּתְאֹונֵן אָדָם חָי גֶּבֶר עַל־ [חֶטְאֹו כ] (חֲטָאָיו׃ ק) ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	why?
יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙	yit.'o.Nen	H596	HVri3ms	will he complain
אָדָ֣ם	'a.Dam	H120	HNcmsa	a person
חָ֔י	Chai	H2416	HAamsa	living
גֶּ֖בֶר	Ge.ver	H1397	HNcmsa	a man
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
חטא/ו	chêṭᵉʼ	H2399	HNcmsc/Sp3ms

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
H596 — אָנַן (ʼânan, aw-nan'): a primitive root; to mourn, i.e. complain; complain.
H1397 — גֶּבֶר (geber, gheh'-ber): from גָּבַר; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply; every one, man, [idiom] mighty.
H2399 — חֵטְא (chêṭᵉʼ, khate): from חָטָא; a crime or its penalty; fault, [idiom] grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.
H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a man — Genesis 4:5-7, Genesis 4:13-14, Leviticus 26:41, Leviticus 26:43, Numbers 16:41, Numbers 17:12, Joshua 7:6-13, 2 Samuel 6:7-8, 2 Kings 3:13, 2 Kings 6:32, Ezra 9:13, Job 11:6, Isaiah 51:20, Jonah 2:3-4, Jonah 4:8-9, Micah 7:9, Hebrews 12:5-12, Revelation 16:9
doth — Numbers 11:11, Proverbs 19:3, Isaiah 38:17-19, Lamentations 3:22

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: CONTENT-DISCONTENT
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Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, MURMURING, RESIGNATION

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