Jeremiah 20:18 “Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to…”

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

How is it, that I came forth of the wombe, to see labour and sorowe, that my dayes shoulde be consumed with shame?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“came”

Job 3:20 Job 14:1 Lamentations 3:1 Job 14:13

Job 3:20 · BSB

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 14:1 · BSB

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

Lamentations 3:1 · BSB

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

Job 14:13 · BSB

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

“to see”

Jeremiah 8:18 Genesis 3:16–19 Lamentations 1:12 John 16:20 Hebrews 10:36 Psalm 90:10

Jeremiah 8:18 · BSB

My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

Genesis 3:16–19 · BSB

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Lamentations 1:12 · BSB

Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?

John 16:20 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

Hebrews 10:36 · BSB

You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

Psalm 90:10 · BSB

The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

“with”

1 Peter 4:14–16 Psalm 69:19 1 Corinthians 4:9–13 Isaiah 1:6 Isaiah 51:7 Acts 5:41

1 Peter 4:14–16 · BSB

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Psalm 69:19 · BSB

You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

1 Corinthians 4:9–13 · BSB

For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

Isaiah 1:6 · BSB

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

Isaiah 51:7 · BSB

Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

Acts 5:41 · BSB

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

Also

Psalm 90:9–10

Psalm 90:9–10 · BSB

For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

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

In context

17because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

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