Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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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
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
17
He did not kill me before birth, so that my mother would have been my grave, and her womb ever pregnant.
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So that my
Cross References
Job 3:20
Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in heart?
Lamentations 3:1
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his fury.
Job 14:1
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
Psalm 69:19
You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you.
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For I think that God has placed us apostles last as men appointed to death. We are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
Genesis 3:16-19
He said to the woman: I will greatly increase your pains in childbirth; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
Job 14:13
If only you would hide me in the grave (Sheol) and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set a time for me and then remember me!
Psalm 90:9-10
Indeed, all our days slip away because of your fury. We live out our years like one long sigh.
Isaiah 1:6
From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.
Isaiah 51:7
Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts. Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults.
Jeremiah 8:18
My sorrow is beyond healing, my heart is faint within me!
Lamentations 1:12
Come to me all you who go by, keep your eyes on me! See if there is any pain like the pain of my wound. For Jehovah has sent it to me in the day of his burning anger.
John 16:20
Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Acts 5:41
They left the council and rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
2 Timothy 1:12
It is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to keep safe until that day what he has entrusted to me.
Hebrews 10:36
You need to persevere in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.
Hebrews 11:36
And others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging and bonds and imprisonment.
Hebrews 12:2
Look to (consider without distractions) Jesus, the Leader (Predecessor) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 13:13
Let us therefore go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.