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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsbecause he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me--my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.
because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile