Jeremiah 20:14
“¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day wherein my mother bare mee, be blessed.”
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Jeremiah 20:14 Context
12But O Lord of hostes, that tryest the righteous, and seest the reines and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for vnto thee haue I opened my cause. 13Sing vnto the Lord, praise yee the Lord: for hee hath deliuered the soule of the poore from the hand of euill doers. 14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day wherein my mother bare mee, be blessed. 15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad. 16And let that man be as the cities which the Lord ouerthrew and repented not: and let him heare the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noonetide,
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
- King James Version
Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.
- Basic English Bible
Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
- Darby Bible
Cursed be the day in which I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
- Webster's Bible
Cursed is the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
- World English Bible
Cursed [is] the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Cursed be the day wherein I was born; the day wherein my mother bore me, let it not be blessed.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 20:14
20:14 Cursed - This sudden change makes some think that these words proceeded from Jeremiah rather as a repetition of a former passion into which the abuses of his enemies had put him, than as the immediate product of his spirit at this time.