18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.


In Context

15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!

16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

17 For behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a distant country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

Jeremiah 8:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18[When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:18O my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:18My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart mourneth within me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:18My refreshing for me is sorrow, For me my heart is sick.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.