Jeremiah 20:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 20:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 20:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 20:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. ”
Jeremiah 20:17 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 20:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me--my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 20:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]! ”
Jeremiah 20:17 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 20:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Because he hath not slaine me, euen from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wobe a perpetual conception.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 20:17 in Context — Jeremiah 20
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.
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
What Does Jeremiah 20:17 Mean?
Jeremiah 20:17 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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