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


In Context

3 and it is in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the completion of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the removal of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

4 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

5 'Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

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

7 And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Do not say, I am a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

8 Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee am I to deliver thee, — an affirmation of 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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