Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young."
New American Standard Bible
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
Because
King James Version
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Holman Bible
But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak
International Standard Version
I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man."
A Conservative Version
Then I said, Ah, lord LORD! Behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.
American Standard Version
Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.
Amplified
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
For I am [only] a young man.”
Bible in Basic English
Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
Darby Translation
And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, behold I knew not to speak: for I a boy.
King James 2000
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know [how] to speak, for I [am] a youth."
Modern King James verseion
Then I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, I do not know to speak; for I am a boy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said I, "Oh LORD God, I cannot speak, for I am yet but young."
New Heart English Bible
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD. Behold, I do not know how to speak; for I am a child."
The Emphasized Bible
Then said I - Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak, - For a child, am I!
Webster
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
World English Bible
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I am a youth.'
Themes
Children » Early piety of » Jeremiah
Children » Instances of » Jeremiah
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Personal weakness (jeremiah)
Humble » Examples of Leadership » Jeremiah
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Jeremiah
5 "Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations." 6 I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young." 7 The Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.
Cross References
Exodus 6:12
But Moses replied to the Lord, "If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?"
Exodus 4:10-16
Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
1 Kings 3:7-9
Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David's place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.
Jeremiah 32:17
Oh, Lord God, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!
Exodus 4:1
Moses answered again, "And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, 'The Lord has not appeared to you'?"
Exodus 6:30
But Moses said before the Lord, "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?"
Isaiah 6:5
I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."
Jeremiah 4:10
In response to all this I said, "Ah, Lord God, you have surely allowed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to be deceived by those who say, 'You will be safe!' But in fact a sword is already at our throats."
Jeremiah 14:13
Then I said, "Oh, Lord God, look! The prophets are telling them that you said, 'You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.'"