Catholic Public Domain Version
"So let him be, who did not put me to death from the womb, so that my mother would have been my sepulcher, and her womb would have been my eternal resting place! "
— Jeremiah 20:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. ”
“because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.”
“For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.”
“Who slew me not from the womb, that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb an everlasting conception.”
“Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.”
“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.”
Cursed is the day on which I was born! The day on which my mother gave birth to me: let it not be blessed!
Cursed is the man who announced it to my father, saying, ‘A male child has been born to you,’ causing him to rejoice with gladness.
Let that man be like the cities that the Lord has overthrown without regret. Let him hear an outcry in the morning, and wailing at the time of midday!
So let him be, who did not put me to death from the womb, so that my mother would have been my sepulcher, and her womb would have been my eternal resting place!
Why did I depart from the womb, so that I would see hardship and sorrow, and so that my days would be consumed by trouble?”