Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
New American Standard Bible
My
King James Version
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Holman Bible
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.
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:
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.
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament Over Judah
17 The Lord says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you." 18 Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart! 19 I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying, 'Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?'" The Lord answers, "Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?"
Cross References
Isaiah 22:4
So I say: "Don't look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don't try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people."
Lamentations 1:16-17
(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
Lamentations 5:17
Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.
Job 7:13-14
If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,"
Jeremiah 6:24
The people cry out, "We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!
Jeremiah 10:19-22
And I cried out, "We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought, 'This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!'
Daniel 10:16-17
Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, "Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.
Habakkuk 3:16
I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.