# Lamentations 3.33

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**Book:** [Lamentations](/codex/lamentations/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 32. For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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> **33. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.**
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> 34. To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, 35. To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, (Lamentations 3:31-35, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 31. For the Lord will not cast off forever. 32. For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
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> **33. For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.**
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> 34. To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, 35. To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, (Lamentations 3:31-35, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 31. For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32. But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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> **33. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. <sup>willingly: Heb. from his heart</sup>**
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> 34. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35. To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, <sup>the most High: or, a superior</sup> (Lamentations 3:31-35, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 31. For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. 32. For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
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> **33. For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.**
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> 34. To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth, 35. To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High, (Lamentations 3:31-35, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [God Created Evil Objection Defeater](/codex/god-created-evil-objection-defeater/), via [Lamentations 3.31-33](/codex/lamentations-3-31-33/)
- [God Showed No Love in Eden Objection Defeater](/codex/god-showed-no-love-in-eden-objection-defeater/), via [Lamentations 3.31-33](/codex/lamentations-3-31-33/)

**Concepts:**

- [God's Love for Creation](/codex/gods-love-for-creation/)
- [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [Lamentations 3.31-33](/codex/lamentations-3-31-33/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.