18Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?


In Context

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!

16 And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,

17 because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great with me!

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

Jeremiah 20:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18Why is this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:18Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?