Jeremiah
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 20:18
“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”
King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 20:18 Context
15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 16And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; 17Because 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. 18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Translation Details for Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Other Translations for Jeremiah 20:18
Bible Commentary for Jeremiah 20:18
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 20:18
20:16 The cities - Sodom and Gomorrah; by the cry in the morning and shouting at noon, he means the shouts and noises that enemies make when they break in upon a place.
Wherefore came I forth out of the wombe to see labour and sorrow, that my daies should be consumed with shame?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
- Basic English Bible
Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?
- Darby Bible
Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?
- Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
- English Revised Version
Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
- World English Bible