6Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.


In Context

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

4 Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

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

7 But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

8 Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 1:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:6"Ah, Sovereign Lord ," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6Then I said, |Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known — to speak, for I am a youth.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.