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 · 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

A 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 · 1862

Cursed <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) · 1752

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me, be blessed.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore 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.

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