Jeremiah 20:15
“Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad.”
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Jeremiah 20:15 Context
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, 17Because he slew me not from the wombe: or that my mother might haue beene my graue, and her wombe to be alwaies great with me.
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Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
- King James Version
Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, "A baby boy has been born to you! {And} made him very happy."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.
- Basic English Bible
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
- Darby Bible
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee; making him very glad.
- Webster's Bible
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
- World English Bible
Cursed [is] the man who bore tidings [to] my father, saying, `Born to thee hath been a child -- a male,' Making him very glad!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: 'A man-child is born unto thee'; making him very glad.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible