Jeremiah 20:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Why <FI>is<Fi> this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 20:18 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:16To 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.”
- 1 Kings 19:4while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- Job 3:20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
- Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- 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!
- Psalms 69:19You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
- Psalms 90:9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
- Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
- 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?
- Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
- 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.
- Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For 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.
- 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.
- Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
- Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
- Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Hebrews 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
- 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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