Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 1:6
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“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
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Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.
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Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.
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Jeremiah 1
4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
6 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
7 But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
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