Jeremiah 20:15

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 20:15

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 20

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,

¹⁷ because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

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