Jeremiah 8:18
What does Jeremiah 8:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 8:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862My refreshing for me <FI>is<Fi> sorrow, For me my heart <FI>is<Fi> sick.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart mourneth within me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!
Context
v.17For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.
v.18This passage
v.19Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 10:19
Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
- Lamentations 1:16
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
- Isaiah 22:4
Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Job 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
- Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
- Daniel 10:16
And, behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I retain no strength.
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