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Lamentations 3:39
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KJ21
Why then doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
ASV
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
AMP
Why should any living mortal, or any man, Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins?
AMPC
Why does a living man sigh [one who is still in this life’s school of discipline]? [And why does] a man complain for the punishment of his sins?
BRG
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
CSB
Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
CSBA
Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
CEB
Why then does any living person complain; why should anyone complain about their sins?
CJB
Why should anyone alive complain, even a strong man, about the punishment for his sins?
CEV
We're still alive! We shouldn't complain when we are being punished for our sins.
DARBY
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
DRA
Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?
ERV
No one alive can complain when he punishes them for their sins.
EASY
He only punishes us when we do wrong things. We are still alive, so we should not be angry with God.
EHV
How can any living man complain? How can someone complain about the consequences of his sins?
ESV
Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
ESVUK
Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
EXB
No ·one [L living person] should complain ·when he is punished for [L before] his sins.
GNV
Wherefore then is the living man sorrowful? man suffereth for his sin.
GW
“Why should any living mortal (any person) complain about being punished for sin?
GNT
Why should we ever complain when we are punished for our sin?
HCSB
Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
ICB
No man should complain when he is punished for his sins.
ISV
Why should anyone living complain, any mortal, about being punished for sin?
JUB
Why does the living man have pain, the man in his sins?
KJV
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
AKJV
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
LSB
Why should any living person or any man Complain because of his sins?
LEB
Why should any living person complain about his sin?
TLB
Why then should we, mere humans as we are, murmur and complain when punished for our sins?
MSG
Who do you think “spoke and it happened”? It’s the Master who gives such orders. Doesn’t the High God speak everything, good things and hard things alike, into being? And why would anyone gifted with life complain when punished for sin?
MEV
Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
NOG
“Why should any living mortal (any person) complain about being punished for sin?
NABRE
What should the living complain about? about their sins!
NASB
Of what can any living mortal, or any man, Complain in view of his sins?
NASB1995
Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins?
NCB
Why then should any people complain about being punished for their sins?
NCV
No one should complain when he is punished for his sins.
NET
Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?
NIRV
A person who is still alive shouldn’t blame God when God punishes them for their sins.
NIV
Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
NIVUK
Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
NKJV
Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?
NLV
Why should any living man complain about the punishment of his sins?
NLT
Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?
NRSVA
Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?
NRSVACE
Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?
NRSVCE
Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?
NRSVUE
Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?
OJB
Why doth an adam chai (any man alive) complain, a gever for the punishment of his sins?
RGT
Why, then, does a man, living and mighty, complain about the penalty for his sins?
RSV
Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
RSVCE
Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?
TLV
Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?
VOICE
Mind your complaint. Why should a person fuss when faced with the consequences of his own wrongdoing?
WEB
Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
WYC
What grutched a man living, a man (punished) for his sins? (Why grumble a living man, when he is punished for his sins?)
YLT
What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
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