Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

My joy has flown away;
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.

New American Standard Bible

My sorrow is beyond healing,
My heart is faint within me!

King James Version

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

International Standard Version

Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me, my heart is sick within me.

A Conservative Version

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.

American Standard Version

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

Amplified


Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing],
My heart is sick and faint within me!

Bible in Basic English

Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.

Darby Translation

My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!

Julia Smith Translation

Because I afflicted not sorrow upon myself, my heart was sick upon me.

King James 2000

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"My comfort [is gone] from me, sorrow [is] on me, my heart [is] sick.

Modern King James verseion

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Sorrow is come upon me, and heaviness vexeth my heart:

NET Bible

Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

New Heart English Bible

"Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow. My heart is faint within me.

The Emphasized Bible

When I would have cheered myself against sorrow, Against me, mine own heart sickened: -

Webster

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

World English Bible

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.

Youngs Literal Translation

My refreshing for me is sorrow, For me my heart is sick.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מבליגית 
Mabliygiyth 
Usage: 1

יגון 
Yagown 
Usage: 14

is faint
דּוּי 
Davvay 
Usage: 3

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Lament Over Judah

17 Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you,
poisonous vipers that cannot be charmed.
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
18 My joy has flown away;
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.
19 Listen—the cry of my dear people
from a far away land,
“Is the Lord no longer in Zion,
her King not within her?”
Why have they provoked me to anger
with their carved images,
with their worthless foreign idols?



Cross References

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said,
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear people.”

Lamentations 1:16-17

ע AyinI weep because of these things;
my eyes flow with tears.
For there is no one nearby to comfort me,
no one to keep me alive.
My children are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.

Lamentations 5:17

Because of this, our heart is sick;
because of these, our eyes grow dim:

Job 7:13-14

When I say: My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard about it,
and we are discouraged.
Distress has seized us—
pain like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 10:19-22

Woe to me because of my brokenness—
I am severely wounded!
I exclaimed, “This is my intense suffering,
but I must bear it.”

Daniel 10:16-17

Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard, and I trembled within;
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.

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