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Jeremiah 20:15

Jeremiah chapter 20 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

v.15This passage

v.16And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

Cross references

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

  • Genesis 21:5

    And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

  • Luke 1:14

    And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

  • Jeremiah 1:5

    Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.