Jeremiah 20:17-18
English Standard Version Anglicised
17 (A)because he did not kill me in the womb;
so my mother would have been my grave,
and her womb for ever great.
18 (B)Why did I come out from the womb
(C)to see toil and sorrow,
and spend my days in shame?
Jeremiah 20:17-18
New International Version
Jeremiah 20:17-18
King James Version
17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Jeremiah 20:17-18
New King James Version
17 (A)Because he did not kill me from the womb,
That my mother might have been my grave,
And her womb always enlarged with me.
18 (B)Why did I come forth from the womb to (C)see [a]labor and sorrow,
That my days should be consumed with shame?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 20:18 toil
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