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Jeremiah 20:17
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
American Standard Version
because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Geneva Bible 1599
Because he hath not slaine me, euen from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wobe a perpetual conception.
Darby Translation
because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
16May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
18Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
Read Jeremiah 20