Lamentations 3:33
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
American King James Version (AKJV)
For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
Webster's Revision
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
World English Bible
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
English Revised Version (ERV)
For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Definitions for Lamentations 3:33
Clarke's Lamentations 3:33 Bible Commentary
For he doth not afflict willingly - It is no pleasure to God to afflict men. He takes no delight in our pain and misery: yet, like a tender and intelligent parent, he uses the rod; not to gratify himself, but to profit and save us.
Wesley's Lamentations 3:33 Bible Commentary
3:33 Willingly - Not from his own mere motion without a cause given him from the persons afflicted. Hence judgment is called God's strange work.