Lamentations 3:32

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

American Standard Version (1901)

For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Bible in Basic English

For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.

Free Bible Version

Even though he may bring sadness, he shows us mercy because his trustworthy love is so great.

Geneva Bible 1599

But though he sende affliction, yet will he haue compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

King James (Authorized) Version

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Translation for Translators

Sometimes he causes us to suffer, but sometimes he is kind to us because he continually and faithfully loves us.

Unlocked Literal Bible

but though he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

Noah Webster Bible

But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

World English Bible

For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Young's Literal Translation

For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.

Context

The Prophet’s Hope

³¹For the Lord will not cast us off forever. ³²Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. ³³For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

Summary

This verse reflects on the compassion and unfailing love of the Lord, highlighting His willingness to show mercy and offer forgiveness. It reassures believers that God does not willingly bring affliction or grief to His children, but rather He extends grace and compassion even in times of discipline. The verse encourages trust in God's character, reminding us that His love and faithfulness endure forever, providing hope and comfort in the midst of trials and challenges.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

The punishments of the godly are but for a time.

John Gill Bible Commentary

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. These words, with what follow in Lam 3:35; either depend upon the preceding, and are to be connected with them, "he doth not afflict", &c. Lam 3:33; though he lays his hand on men, he do not crush them under his feet, or break them in pieces, and utterly destroy them, even such, and all such, as are bound in affliction and iron; or, in a spiritual sense, such as are prisoners to sin, Satan, and the law, as all men by nature are; he does not crush these to pieces, though they deserve it, at least not "all" of them; for he proclaims in the Gospel liberty to the captives, and says, by the power of his grace, to the prisoners, go forth, and encourages the prisoners of hope to turn to their strong hold: and also, though he afflicts, he does no injustice to them, does not turn aside their right, or subvert their cause, Job 8:3; or rather these depend upon, and are to be connected with, the last clause of Lam 3:36; "the Lord approveth not": as he does not do these things himself, he do not approve of them in others; that they should use captives cruelly, trample upon them like mire in the streets, or as the dust of their feet; particularly regard may be had to the Jews in Babylon, used ill by those that detained them; for though it was by the will of God they were carried captive, yet the Chaldeans exceeded due bounds in their usage of them, and added affliction to their affliction, which the Lord approved not of, but resented, Zac 1:15. . Lamentations 3:35 lam 3:35 lam 3:35 lam 3:35To turn aside the right of a man,.... The Targum is, of a poor man; not to do him justice in a court of judicature; to cause judgment to incline to the wrong side; to give the cause against a man, to give a wrong sentence; this is disapproved of by the Lord, and forbidden by him: before the face of the most High; either before the most high God, he being present and among the gods, the judges, when they pass sentence; and yet, to pass a wrong one in his presence, without any regard to him, or fear of him, must be provoking to him: or, "before a superior" (f), as some render it; before a judge that sits upon the bench; endeavouring by unjust charges, wrong pleas, and false witnesses, to deprive a man of his right; see Ecc 5:8. (f) "coram facie superioris", Junius & Tremellius.