Jeremiah 20:17 Parallel Translations

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!

ERV:

because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother should have been my grave, and her womb always great.

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.

Jeremiah 20:17 Cross References

XREF:

Job 3:10 Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.

Job 3:11 "Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?

Job 10:18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!

Job 10:19 'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:17 Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been {k} delivered.
(k) Meaning that the fruit of it might never come to profit.

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:

Age-during Always Birth Body Child Death Delivered Didn't Enlarged Forever Grave Kill Mother's Pregnancy Pregnant Resting-place Slew Womb

Age-During Always Birth Body Child Death Delivered Enlarged Forever Grave Great Kill Last Mother Mother's Pregnancy Pregnant Resting-Place Slew Womb

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