Jeremiah 20:14

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 20:14

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

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WEB

World English Bible

Cursed is the day in which I was born. Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 20

¹² O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

¹³ Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.

¹⁴ Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

¹⁵ Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.

¹⁶ May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,

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