Jeremiah 20:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 20:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 20:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 20:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 20:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me--my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 20:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!”
Jeremiah 20:17 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 20:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Because he hath not slaine me, euen from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wobe a perpetual conception.”
Jeremiah 20:17 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 20:17 in Context — Jeremiah 20
15 Maldito seja o homem que deu as novas a meu pai, dizendo, Um filho macho te nasceu, trazendo-lhe assim muita alegria.
16 E seja tal homem como as cidades que o SENHOR assolou sem se arrepender; e ouça gritos de manhã, e clamores ao meio dia;
17 Por ele não ter me matado no ventre, de modo que minha mãe teria sido minha sepultura, e o ventre uma gravidez perpétua.
18 Para que saí do ventre? Para ver trabalho e dor, e meus dias serem gastos com vergonha?
What Does Jeremiah 20:17 Mean?
Jeremiah 20:17 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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