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Jeremiah 20:18

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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ASV

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

KJV

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָ֤מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
זֶּה֙zehthisH2088 →
מֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemfrom [the] wombH7358 →
יָצָ֔אתִיya.Tza.tidid I come forthH3318 →
לִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otto seeH7200 →
עָמָ֖ל'a.MaltroubleH5999 →
וְיָג֑וֹןve.ya.Gonand sorrowH3015 →
וַיִּכְל֥וּvai.yikh.Luand they have come to an endH3615 →
בְּבֹ֖שֶׁתbe.Vo.shetin shameH1322 →
יָמָֽי׃ פya.Maidays myH3117 →

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Job 3:20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,1 Peter 4:14–16If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.Numbers 11:15If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”Psalms 69:19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.Psalms 90:9–10For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.1 Corinthians 4:9–13For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.Lamentations 1:12Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.Genesis 3:16–19To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.Hebrews 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.Isaiah 51:7Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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