NET Bible
"Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame."
— Jeremiah 20:18, NET Bible
“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? ”
“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? ”
“Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”
“Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion? ”
“Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?”
“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? ”
Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!
May that man be like the cities that the LORD destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.
For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.
Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.