Jeremiah 20:18 Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

◄ Jeremiah 20:18 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

English Standard Version
Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

New American Standard Bible
Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?

King James Bible
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Why did I come out of the womb to see only struggle and sorrow, to end my life in shame?

International Standard Version
Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and to finish my life living in shame?

American Standard Version
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

Darby Bible Translation
Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

Young's Literal Translation
Why is this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!

Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

Job 3:20
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;

Job 5:7
Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

Psalm 69:19
You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before you.

Psalm 90:9
For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Psalm 90:10
The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Psalm 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

Jeremiah 3:25
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them does curse me.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:14-18 When grace has the victory, it is good to be ashamed of our folly, to admire the goodness of God, and be warned to guard our spirits another time. See how strong the temptation was, over which the prophet got the victory by Divine assistance! He is angry that his first breath was not his last. While we remember that these wishes are not recorded for us to utter the like, we may learn good lessons from them. See how much those who think they stand, ought to take heed lest they fall, and to pray daily, Lead us not into temptation. How frail, changeable, and sinful is man! How foolish and unnatural are the thoughts and wishes of our hearts, when we yield to discontent! Let us consider Him who endured the contradiction of sinners against himself, lest we should be at any time weary and faint in our minds under our lesser trials.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17. he—"that man" (Jer 20:15, 16).

from the womb—that is, at that time while I was still in the womb.