American Standard Version
"Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child. "
— Jeremiah 1:6, American Standard Version
“Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.”
“Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child."”
“I answered,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, Really I do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.””
“And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.”
“Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.”
“Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.”
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.
But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth: