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

7 But the LORD 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 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 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 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 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.