Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Jeremiah 20:18 in other translations
| BSB | Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame? |
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| WEB | Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? |
| ASV | Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? |
| YLT | Why is this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days! |
| DARBY | Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame? |
| BBE | Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame? |
| Webster | Why was I brought into the world to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? |
What does Jeremiah 20:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 20:14-18
14-18. The contrast between the spirit of this passage and the preceding thanksgiving is to be explained thus: to show how great was the deliverance (Jr 20:13), he subjoins a picture of what his wounded spirit had been previous to his deliverance; I had said in the time of my imprisonment, "Cursed be the day"; my feeling was that of Job (Job 3:3, 10, 11, whose words Jeremiah therefore copies). Though Jeremiah's zeal…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 20:14-18
When grace has the victory, it is good to be ashamed of our folly, to admire the goodness of God, and be warned to guard our spirits another time. See how strong the temptation was, over which the prophet got the victory by Divine assistance! He is angry that his first breath was not his last. While we remember that these wishes are not recorded for us to utter the like, we may learn good lessons from them. See how…
Jeremiah 20:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 20:18
- Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
- Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
- Lamentations 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
- 1 Peter 4:14-16
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: …
- Psalms 90:9-10
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
- Psalms 69:19
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
- Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 13:13
Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
- 2 Timothy 1:12
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
- Genesis 3:16-19
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Hebrews 10:36
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
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Context
- Jeremiah 20:17
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
- Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Jeremiah 20:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Para qué salí del vientre? ¿para ver trabajo y dolor, y que mis días se gastasen en afrenta? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pourquoi suis-je sorti du ventre, pour voir le trouble et l’affliction, et pour que mes jours se consument dans l’opprobre? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Warum bin ich doch aus dem Mutterleibe hervorgekommen, um Mühsal und Kummer zu sehen, und daß meine Tage in Schande vergingen? - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quare de vulva egressus sum, ut viderem laborem et dolorem, et consumerentur in confusione dies mei? |