Jeremiah 8:18

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“My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.”

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BSBPD

“My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My refreshing for me <FI>is<Fi> sorrow, For me my heart <FI>is<Fi> sick.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 8:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 7:13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
  2. Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
  3. Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  4. Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  5. Jeremiah 10:19Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
  6. Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
  7. Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
  8. Daniel 10:16And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.
  9. Habakkuk 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

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