Devine Scripture

Jeremiah 20:14

Jeremiah chapter 20 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

Context

v.13Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.

v.14This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 15:10

    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

  • Job 3:3

    Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.