Jeremiah 15 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Jeremiah 15:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 15:10 in other translations

BSBWoe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
WEBWoe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.
ASVWoe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.
YLTWoe to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me--All of them are reviling me.
DARBYWoe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
BBESorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.
WebsterWoe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor have men lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

What does Jeremiah 15:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. (Jr 20:14; Job 3:1, &c.). Jeremiah seems to have been of a peculiarly sensitive temperament; yet the Holy Spirit enabled him to deliver his message at the certain cost of having his sensitiveness wounded by the enmities of those whom his words offended. man of strife--exposed to strifes on the part of "the whole earth" (Psa 80:6). I have neither lent, &c.--proverbial for, "I have given no cause for strife against me."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 A man of contention to the whole earth! - To the whole Land, to all his countrymen; though he had done nothing to merit their displeasure.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 15:10-14
Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they ought to have blessed him, and God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to the people of God, that however troublesome their way may be, it shall be well with them in their latter end. God turns to the people. Shall the most hardy and vigorous of their efforts be able to contend with the counsel of God, or with the army of the Chaldeans? Let them hear their doom. The enemy will treat the prophet well. But the people who had great estates would be used hardly. All parts of the country had added to the national guilt; and let each take shame to itself.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Jeremiah 15:10 in the original Hebrew

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אֽוֹי\־'o-woe!H188
לִ֣יlito <the> me
אִמִּ֔י'i.MiO mother myH517
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
יְלִדְתִּ֗נִיye.lid.Ti.niyou gave birth to meH3205
אִ֥ישׁ'isha man ofH376
רִ֛יבrivstrifeH7379
וְאִ֥ישׁve.'Ishand a man ofH376
מָד֖וֹןma.DoncontentionH4066
לְכָל\־le.kholto allH3605
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
נָשִׁ֥יתִיna.Shi.tiI have lentH5383
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נָֽשׁוּ\־na.shu-people have lentH5383
בִ֖יvito me
כֻּלֹּ֥הku.Lohall of himH3605
מְקַלְלַֽונִי\׃\ \סme.ka.La.v.ni[are] cursing meH7043

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 15:10

  • Luke 6:22

    Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

  • Job 3:1-26

    After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. …

  • Psalms 120:5-6

    Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

  • Acts 17:6-8

    And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

  • Luke 2:34

    And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

  • Acts 16:20-22

    And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.

  • Jeremiah 1:18-19

    For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

  • Jeremiah 15:20

    And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 3:7-9

    But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

  • Matthew 10:21-23

    And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

  • Deuteronomy 23:19-20

    Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Psalms 15:5

    He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my.
20:14-18; Job 3:1-26
a man.
20; 1:18,19; 20:7,8; 1Ki 18:17,18; 21:20; 22:8; Ps 120:5,6; Eze 2:6,7
Eze 3:7-9; Mt 10:21-23; 24:9; Lu 2:34; Ac 16:20-22; 17:6-8
Ac 19:8,9,25-28; 28:22; 1Co 4:9-13
I have.
Ex 22:25; De 23:19,20; Ne 5:1-6; Ps 15:5
curse.
Ps 109:28; Pr 26:2; Mt 5:44; Lu 6:22

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Context

  • Jeremiah 15:9

    She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 15:10

    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

  • Jeremiah 15:11

    The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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Jeremiah 15:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¡Ay de mí, madre mía, que me has engendrado hombre de contienda y hombre de discordia á toda la tierra! Nunca les dí á logro, ni lo tomé de ellos; y todos me maldicen.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Malheur à moi, ma mère! de ce que tu m’as enfanté homme de débat et homme de contestation à tout le pays; je n’ai pas prêté à usure, on ne m’a pas prêté à usure, et chacun me maudit!
German
Elberfelder 1871		"Wehe mir, meine Mutter, daß du mich geboren hast, einen Mann des Haders und einen Mann des Zankes für das ganze Land! Ich habe nicht ausgeliehen, und man hat mir nicht geliehen; alle fluchen mir." -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Væ mihi, mater mea! quare genuisti me, virum rixæ, virum discordiæ in universa terra? Non fœneravi, nec fœneravit mihi quisquam: omnes maledicunt mihi.