Jeremiah 20:17 | |
NASB: Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant. (NASB ©1995) GWT: If only he had killed me while I was in the womb. Then my mother would have been my grave, and she would have always been pregnant. (GOD'S WORD®) 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. ASV: because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. BBE: Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever. DBY: because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great with me! JPS: Because He slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. WBS: Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been delivered. WEB: because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. YLT: 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. | |
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