Jeremiah 20:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? ”

Jeremiah 20:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 20:18 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 20:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”

Jeremiah 20:18 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 20:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? ”

Jeremiah 20:18 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 20:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Why <FI>is<Fi> this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!”

Jeremiah 20:18 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 20:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame? ”

Jeremiah 20:18 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 20:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“How is it, that I came forth of the wombe, to see labour and sorowe, that my dayes shoulde be consumed with shame? ”

Jeremiah 20:18 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 20:18 in Context — Jeremiah 20

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?

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What Does Jeremiah 20:18 Mean?

Jeremiah 20:18 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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