Jeremiah 20:15
King James Version (KJV)
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
In context
13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16 And 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;
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.
Jeremiah 20:15 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
- WEB World English Bible
- Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Cursed [is] the man who bore tidings [to] my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child — a male,' Making him very glad!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
- WBS Webster Bible
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee; making him very glad.