Jeremiah 20:17-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 because he did not kill me in the womb!
Then my mother would have been my grave,
her womb confining me forever.(A)
18 Why did I come forth from the womb,
to see sorrow and pain,
to end my days in shame?(B)
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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