Lamentations 3:37
Modern Translations
New International Version
Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

New Living Translation
Who can command things to happen without the Lord’s permission?

English Standard Version
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

Berean Study Bible
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

New American Standard Bible
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

NASB 1995
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

NASB 1977
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Amplified Bible
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?

Christian Standard Bible
Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained it?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained it?

Contemporary English Version
No one can do anything without the Lord's approval.

Good News Translation
The will of the Lord alone is always carried out.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Who was it who spoke and it came into being? It was the Lord who gave the order.

International Standard Version
Who can command, and it happens, without the Lord having ordered it?

NET Bible
Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

New King James Version
Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?

King James 2000 Bible
Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?

New Heart English Bible
Who can speak a thing and have it come to pass, unless the LORD has commanded it?

World English Bible
Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

American King James Version
Who is he that said, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?

American Standard Version
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

A Faithful Version
Who is this who speaks, and it comes to pass, when the LORD does not ordain it?

Darby Bible Translation
Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?

English Revised Version
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Webster's Bible Translation
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Who is he then that sayth, & it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
What is he then that saith, there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
What is he then that saieth: there shulde somthinge be done without the LORDES comaundement?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, "" [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?

Young's Literal Translation
Who is this -- he hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it?

Smith's Literal Translation
Who this saying, And it shall be Jehovah commanding not?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Catholic Public Domain Version
MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Mem Who is this that speaks and it was what LORD JEHOVAH has not commanded?

Lamsa Bible
Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the LORD has not commanded it?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, When the Lord commandeth it not?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it.
















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