Lamentations 3:39

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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doth a

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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שִׂיחַ

sîyach

H7878

to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter

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a

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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for the

עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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of his

חַטָּאָה

chaṭṭâʼâh

H2403

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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Key Terms in This Verse

complain H7878

שִׂיחַ sîyach

to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter

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punishment H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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living H2416

חַי chay

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

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sins H2403

חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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Wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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man H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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man H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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Cross References

Micah 7:9 cross-reference

I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousn...

Proverbs 19:3 cross-reference

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:15 cross-reference

Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

Lamentations 3:22 cross-reference

It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Job 11:6 cross-reference

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

Numbers 17:12 cross-reference

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

2 Kings 6:32 cross-reference

But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent...

2 Kings 3:13 cross-reference

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD...

Leviticus 26:41 cross-reference

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their ini...

Leviticus 26:43 cross-reference

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised...

Isaiah 51:20 cross-reference

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

Ezra 9:13 cross-reference

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as thi...

Numbers 11:11 cross-reference

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

Revelation 16:9 cross-reference

And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Numbers 16:41 cross-reference

But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

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