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


In Context

3 And which came to him in the days of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, unto the end of the eleventh year of Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda, even unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive, in the fifth month.

4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

5 Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations.

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

7 And the Lord said to me: Say not: I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee: and whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.

8 Be not afraid at their presence: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:6Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to 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.