Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Cursed be the man who brought the news [to] my father, {saying}, "A child is born to you, a son!" and he made him very glad.
New American Standard Bible
To my father, saying,
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And made him very happy.
King James Version
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Holman Bible
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A male child is born to you,”
bringing him great joy.
International Standard Version
Cursed is the person who brought the good news to my father, "A baby boy has been born to you," making him very happy.
A Conservative Version
Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man-child is born to thee, making him very glad.
American Standard Version
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Amplified
Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A son has been born to you!”
Making him very glad.
Bible in Basic English
A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.
Darby Translation
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
Julia Smith Translation
Cursed the man who announced to my father, Good news; saying, A son, a male was born to thee; with rejoicing, making him rejoice.
King James 2000
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born unto you; making him very glad.
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man child is born to you; making him very glad.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Cursed be the man, that brought my father the tidings, to make him glad, saying, "Thou hast gotten a son."
NET Bible
Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!
New Heart English Bible
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
The Emphasized Bible
Accursed, be the man who carried tidings to my father saying, There is born to thee a man-child!
Webster
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee; making him very glad.
World English Bible
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is the man who bore tidings to my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child -- a male,' Making him very glad!
Themes
Children » Male » Birth of, announced to the father by a messenger
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
14 Cursed be [the] day [on] which I was born, let not the day [on] which my mother gave birth to me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought the news [to] my father, {saying}, "A child is born to you, a son!" and he made him very glad. 16 And let that man be like the cities that Yahweh demolished without regret, and let him hear a cry for help in the morning, and an alarm at the time of noon.
Cross References
Genesis 21:5-6
And Abraham [was] one hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out from [the] womb I consecrated you; I appointed you [as] a prophet to the nations."
Luke 1:14
And {you will experience joy and exultation}, and many will rejoice at his birth.