Jeremiah 1:6 ““Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am o…”

Jeremiah 1:6

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then said I, Oh, Lord God, behold, I can not speake, for I am a childe.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“Ah, Lord”

Jeremiah 32:17 Jeremiah 14:13 Jeremiah 4:10

Jeremiah 32:17 · BSB

“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

Jeremiah 14:13 · BSB

“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

Jeremiah 4:10 · BSB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

“I cannot”

Exodus 4:10–16 Exodus 6:12 Exodus 4:1 Exodus 6:30 Isaiah 6:5

Exodus 4:10–16 · BSB

“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”

Exodus 6:12 · BSB

But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech? ”

Exodus 4:1 · BSB

Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

Exodus 6:30 · BSB

But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

“for I am”

1 Kings 3:7–9

1 Kings 3:7–9 · BSB

And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

Read Jeremiah 1