Jeremiah 8:18
World English Bible (WEB)
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
In context
16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
17 “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says the LORD.
18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t the LORD in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
20 “The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
Jeremiah 8:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
- KJV King James Version
- When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick.
- DBY Darby Translation
- My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!
- WBS Webster Bible
- When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.