Parallel Verses
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 is the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed! 15 Cursed is the man who bore tidings to my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child -- a male,' Making him very glad! 16 Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon.
Cross References
Genesis 21:5-6
And Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,
Jeremiah 1:5
'Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'
Luke 1:14
and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,