The Meaning of Lamentations 3:38 Explained

Lamentations 3:38

KJV: Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

YLT: From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.

Darby: Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?

ASV: Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Lamentations 3:38 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:38 mean?

from the mouth of the Most High [Is it] not proceed that woe and well-being
מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָע֖וֹת ؟ וְהַטּֽוֹב

מִפִּ֤י  from  the  mouth 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
עֶלְיוֹן֙  of  the  Most  High 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עֶלְיׄון 
Sense: high, upper.
לֹ֣א  [Is  it]  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תֵצֵ֔א  proceed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
הָרָע֖וֹת  that  woe 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
؟ וְהַטּֽוֹב  and  well-being 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.

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