Klagelieder 3:39
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Context
This verse from Klagelieder Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
Andere Übersetzungen
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
What--sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
Querverweise
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. …
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I …
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if …
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and …
And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in …
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye …
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until …