Jeremiah 20:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
In context
15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
16 May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
17 because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
18 Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
Jeremiah 20:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
- ASV American Standard Version
- because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!
- WBS Webster Bible
- Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been delivered.