Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To
So that my
King James Version
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Holman Bible
to see only struggle and sorrow,
to end my life in shame?
International Standard Version
Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and to finish my life living in shame?
A Conservative Version
Why did I come forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
American Standard Version
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Amplified
Why did I come out of the womb
To see trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been filled with shame?
Bible in Basic English
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
Darby Translation
Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore this came I forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, and my days shall be finished with shame?
King James 2000
Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Why} did I come out from [the] womb, to see toil, and sorrow, and [to] {end my days in shame}?
Modern King James verseion
Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore came I forth of my mother's womb? To have experience of labour and sorrow? And to lead my life with shame?
NET Bible
Why did I ever come forth from my mother's womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.
New Heart English Bible
Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore was it - That from the womb, I came forth, to see labour and pain; and That in shame should my days be consumed!
Webster
Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
World English Bible
Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Youngs Literal Translation
Why is this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!
Themes
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
17
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant.
To
So that my
Cross References
Job 3:20
And life to the bitter of soul,
Lamentations 3:1
Because of the rod of His wrath.
Job 14:1
Is
Psalm 69:19
All my adversaries are
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men
Genesis 3:16-19
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain
In pain you will
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And
Job 14:13
That You would conceal me
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
Psalm 90:9-10
We have finished our years like a
Isaiah 1:6
There is
Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,
Nor softened with oil.
Isaiah 51:7
A people in whose
Do not fear the
Nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Jeremiah 8:18
My
Lamentations 1:12
Look and see if there is any
Which was severely dealt out to me,
Which the
John 16:20
Acts 5:41
So they went on their way from the presence of the
2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason I also suffer these things, but
Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of
Hebrews 11:36
and others
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 13:13
So, let us go out to Him outside the camp,
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are reviled