Verse Comparison: Lamentations 3:38
American Standard Version
Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?
Amplified® Bible
Is it not out of the mouth of the Most High that evil and good both proceed [adversity and prosperity, physical evil or misfortune and physical good or happiness]?
Contemporary English Version
Good and bad each happen at the command of God Most High.
Darby English Version
Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
Good News Bible
Good and evil alike take place at his command.
King James Version
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
New American Standard Bible
{Is it} not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?
New International Version
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?
New King James Version
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That woe and well-being proceed?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Does it not come from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?
Revised Standard Version
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and evil come?
Young's Literal Translation
From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.