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Jeremiah 20:17-18
New American Standard Bible

Chapter 20

17Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb forever pregnant. 18Why did I ever come out of the womb To look at trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?
King James Version

Chapter 20

17Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Christian Standard Bible

Chapter 20

17because he didn’t kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, her womb eternally pregnant. 18Why did I come out of the womb to see only struggle and sorrow, to end my life in shame?
New Living Translation

Chapter 20

17because he did not kill me at birth. Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb, that her body had been my grave! 18Why was I ever born? My entire life has been filled with trouble, sorrow, and shame.
English Standard Version

Chapter 20

17 because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever great. 18 Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?
New International Version

Chapter 20

17For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever. 18Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?
New King James Version

Chapter 20

17 Because he did not kill me from the womb, That my mother might have been my grave, And her womb always enlarged with me. 18 Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, That my days should be consumed with shame?
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