Jeremiah 10:19
What does Jeremiah 10:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 10:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Woe to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this <FI>is<Fi> my sickness, and I bear it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Woe is me for my destruction, my wound is very grievous. But I said: Truly this is my own evil, and I will bear it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Woe is me, for my wound! My stroke is hard to heal, and I had said, Yea, this is [my] grief, and I will bear it.
Context
v.18For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.
v.19This passage
v.20My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Lamentations 1:2
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.
- Lamentations 3:48
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Lamentations 1:12
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
- Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.
- Jeremiah 14:17
And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
- Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
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