15Cursed is the man who bore tidings to my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child — a male,' Making him very glad!


In Context

12 And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.

13 Sing ye to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, For He hath delivered the soul of the needy From the hand of evil doers.

14 Cursed is the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

15 Cursed is the man who bore tidings to my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child — a male,' Making him very glad!

16 Then hath that man been as the cities, That Jehovah overthrew, and repented not, And he hath heard a cry at morning, And a shout at time of noon.

17 Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me — my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.

Jeremiah 20:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, "A child is born to you-a son!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and made him greatly rejoice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee; making him very glad.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born to you; making him very glad.