For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
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.
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.