Jeremiah 1:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I, Jeremiah, said, "Almighty LORD, I do not know how to speak. I am only a boy!"(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

ASV:

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

BBE:

Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

DBY:

And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.

ERV:

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

JPS:

Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.'

WBS:

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

WEB:

Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child."

YLT:

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I am a youth.'

Jeremiah 1:6 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 4:10 Then Moses said to the LORD, "Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."

1 Kings 3:7 "Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:6 Then said I, {i} Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.
(i) Considering the great judgments of God which according to his threatening would come on the world, he was moved with a certain compassion on the one hand to pity them that would thus perish, and on the other hand by the infirmity of man's nature, knowing how hard a thing it was to enterprise such a charge, as in Isa 6:11, Ex 3:21,4:1.

MHC:

1:1-10 Jeremiah's early call to the work and office of a prophet is stated. He was to be a prophet, not to the Jews only, but to the neighbouring nations. He is still a prophet to the whole world, and it would be well if they would attend to these warnings. The Lord who formed us, knows for what particular services and purposes he intended us. But unless he sanctify us by his new-creating Spirit, we shall neither be fit for his holy service on earth, nor his holy happiness in heaven. It becomes us to have low thoughts of ourselves. Those who are young, should consider that they are so, and not venture beyond their powers. But though a sense of our own weakness and insufficiency should make us go humbly about our work, it should not make us draw back when God calls us. Those who have messages to deliver from God, must not fear the face of man. The Lord, by a sign, gave Jeremiah such a gift as was necessary. God's message should be delivered in his own words. Whatever wordly wise men or politicians may think, the safety of kingdoms is decided according to the purpose and word of God.

CONC:

Ah Alas Behold Child O Power Sovereign Speak Youth

Ah Alas Child Power Sovereign Speak Words Youth

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