Jeremiah 45:3

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“You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’””

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BSBPD

“You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Thou hast said, Woe to me, now, for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain, I have been wearied with my sighing, and rest I have not found.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 45:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
  2. Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
  3. Numbers 11:11So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
  4. Joshua 7:7“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
  5. Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
  6. Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
  7. Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
  8. Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
  9. Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  10. Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
  11. Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
  12. Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
  13. Psalms 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
  14. Proverbs 24:10If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
  15. Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
  16. Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
  17. Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
  18. Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
  19. Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
  20. Lamentations 1:22Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
  21. Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
  22. Lamentations 3:32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
  23. 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
  24. 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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