Jeremiah 20:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.”
Jeremiah 20:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 20:15 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Jeremiah 20:15 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Jeremiah 20:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.”
Jeremiah 20:15 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 20:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad. ”
Jeremiah 20:15 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 20:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who bore tidings <FI>to<Fi> my father, saying, `Born to thee hath been a child--a male,' Making him very glad!”
Jeremiah 20:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 20:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad! ”
Jeremiah 20:15 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 20:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Cursed be the man, that shewed my father, saying, A man child is borne vnto thee, and comforted him.”
Jeremiah 20:15 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 20:15 in Context — Jeremiah 20
13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16 And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
What Does Jeremiah 20:15 Mean?
Jeremiah 20:15 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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