Lamentations 3:40

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That ^awoe and well-being proceed?

39 ^aWhy should a living man¹ complain,
^bA man for the punishment of his sins?

40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;

41 ^aLet us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.

42 ^aWe have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned.

43 You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.

44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.

45 You have made us an ^aoffscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.

46 ^aAll our enemies
Have opened their mouths against us.

47 ^aFear and a snare have come upon us,
^bDesolation and destruction.

48 ^aMy eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 ^aMy eyes flow and do not cease,
Without interruption,

Verse Comparison: Lamentations 3:40

American Standard Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

Amplified® Bible
Let us test and examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord!

Contemporary English Version
Instead, we should think about the way we are living, and turn back to the LORD.

Darby English Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

Good News Bible
Let us examine our ways and turn back to the LORD.

King James Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.

New International Version
Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the LORD.

New King James Version
Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the LORD;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.

Revised Standard Version
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!

Young's Literal Translation
We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

New English Translation
Let us carefully examine our ways,¹ and let us return to the Lord.