Jeremiah 20:14
What does Jeremiah 20:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 20:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me, be blessed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
Context
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.
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