Jeremiah 20:14 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Cursed is the day that I was born, the day that my mother gave birth to me. May it not be blessed.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

ASV:

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

BBE:

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

DBY:

Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!

ERV:

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

JPS:

Cursed be the day wherein I was born; the day wherein my mother bore me, let it not be blessed.

WBS:

Cursed be the day in which I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

WEB:

Cursed is the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

YLT:

Cursed is the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

Jeremiah 20:14 Cross References

XREF:

Job 3:3 "Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.'

Jeremiah 15:10 Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have men lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:14 {h} Cursed [be] the day in which I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
(h) How the children of God are overcome in this battle of the flesh and the Spirit, and into what inconveniences they fall till God raises them up again: read Job 3:1, Jer 15:10.

WES:

20:14 Cursed - This sudden change makes some think that these words proceeded from Jeremiah rather as a repetition of a former passion into which the abuses of his enemies had put him, than as the immediate product of his spirit at this time.

MHC:

20:14-18 When grace has the victory, it is good to be ashamed of our folly, to admire the goodness of God, and be warned to guard our spirits another time. See how strong the temptation was, over which the prophet got the victory by Divine assistance! He is angry that his first breath was not his last. While we remember that these wishes are not recorded for us to utter the like, we may learn good lessons from them. See how much those who think they stand, ought to take heed lest they fall, and to pray daily, Lead us not into temptation. How frail, changeable, and sinful is man! How foolish and unnatural are the thoughts and wishes of our hearts, when we yield to discontent! Let us consider Him who endured the contradiction of sinners against himself, lest we should be at any time weary and faint in our minds under our lesser trials.

CONC:

Bare Birth Blessed Blessing Bore Born Curse Cursed Wherein

Bare Birth Blessed Blessing Bore Born Curse Cursed Mother Wherein

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