Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD. New Living Translation Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the LORD. English Standard Version Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! Berean Standard Bible Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. King James Bible Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. New King James Version Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD; New American Standard Bible Let’s examine and search out our ways, And let’s return to the LORD. NASB 1995 Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD. NASB 1977 Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible Let us search out and examine our ways, And let us return to Yahweh. Amplified Bible Let us test and examine our ways, And let us return to the LORD. Christian Standard Bible Let’s examine and probe our ways, and turn back to the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the LORD. American Standard Version Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. Contemporary English Version Instead, we should think about the way we are living, and turn back to the LORD. English Revised Version Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation Let us look closely at our ways and examine them and then return to the LORD. Good News Translation Let us examine our ways and turn back to the LORD. International Standard Version Let us examine our lifestyles, putting them to the test, and turn back to the LORD. Majority Standard Bible Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. NET Bible Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD. New Heart English Bible Let us examine and search our ways, and return to the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. World English Bible Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWe search our ways, and investigate, "" And turn back to YHWH. Young's Literal Translation We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation We will search out our ways, and examine and turn back even to Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version NUN. Let us examine our ways, and seek out, and return to the Lord. New American Bible Let us search and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! New Revised Standard Version Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Nun We shall search our ways and we shall examine and we shall be converted to LORD JEHOVAH OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Let us search and try our ways, And return to the LORD. Brenton Septuagint Translation NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Justice…39Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins? 40Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. 41Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:… Cross References Psalm 119:59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test? Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. / See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. Galatians 6:4 Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else. Jeremiah 31:18-19 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God. / After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’ James 1:23-25 For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. / But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does. Ezekiel 18:28 Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die. 1 Corinthians 11:28 Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. Haggai 1:5-7 Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. / You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. Matthew 7:3-5 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? / How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? / You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Hebrews 3:12-13 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. / But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. Zephaniah 2:1-3 Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation, / before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you. / Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. Treasury of Scripture Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. search 1 Chronicles 15:12,13 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it… Job 11:13-15 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; … Job 34:31,32 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: … turn Deuteronomy 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; 2 Chronicles 30:6,9 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria… Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Jump to Previous Examine Investigate Probe Search Test Try Turn Turning WaysJump to Next Examine Investigate Probe Search Test Try Turn Turning WaysLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies Let us examine The phrase "let us examine" calls for introspection and self-assessment. The Hebrew root word here is "חָפַשׂ" (chaphas), which means to search or investigate thoroughly. In the context of Lamentations, this examination is not superficial but a deep, soul-searching endeavor. Historically, this was a time when the Israelites were experiencing the consequences of their disobedience, and the call to examine is a call to recognize their failings. For the modern believer, this is a reminder of the importance of regular self-reflection in light of God's Word, ensuring that one's life aligns with His will. and test our ways and turn back to the LORD To the Lord. --The preposition is an emphatic one: even to the Lord. There is to be no halting half-way in the work of conversion.Verses 40-51. - Confession of sin, followed by sighs and groans. Verse 40. - Let us search. Our troubles being caused by our sins, let us search them out and correct them.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Let us examineנַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה (naḥ·pə·śāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 2664: To seek, to conceal oneself, mask and test וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה (wə·naḥ·qō·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately our ways, דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ (ḏə·rā·ḵê·nū) Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action and turn back וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה (wə·nā·šū·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Lamentations 3:40 NIVLamentations 3:40 NLT Lamentations 3:40 ESV Lamentations 3:40 NASB Lamentations 3:40 KJV Lamentations 3:40 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:40 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:40 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:40 French Bible Lamentations 3:40 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:40 Let us search and try our ways (Lam. 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