Jeremiah 20:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Why did I come out of the womb? All I've seen is trouble and grief. I will finish my days in shame.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

ASV:

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

BBE:

Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?

DBY:

Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

ERV:

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

JPS:

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

WBS:

Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

WEB:

Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

YLT:

Why is this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!

Jeremiah 20:18 Cross References

XREF:

Job 3:20 "Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,

Job 5:7 For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward.

Job 14:1 "Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Psalm 69:19 You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You.

Psalm 90:9 For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh.

Psalm 102:3 For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Jeremiah 3:25 "Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God."

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.

Lamentations 3:1 I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.

1 Corinthians 4:9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

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:

Body Consumed Forth Labor Labour Mother's Pain Shame Sorrow Spend Spent Toil Trouble Wasted Wherefore Womb Yea

Body Consumed End Forth Labor Mother's Pain Shame Sorrow Spend Spent Toil Trouble Wherefore Womb World

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