Jeremiah 20:14
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Cursedאָר֣וּר
(a·rur)
779: to cursea prim. root
be the dayהַיֹּ֔ום
(hai·yo·vm,)
3117: daya prim. root
whenאֲשֶׁ֥ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
I was born;יֻלַּ֖דְתִּי
(yul·lad·ti)
3205: to bear, bring forth, begeta prim. root
Let the dayיֹ֛ום
(yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
not be blessedבָרֽוּךְ׃
(va·ruch.)
1288: to kneel, blessa prim. root
whenאֲשֶׁר־
(a·sher-)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
my motherאִמִּ֖י
(im·mi)
517: a motherfrom an unused word
boreיְלָדַ֥תְנִי
(ye·la·dat·ni)
3205: to bear, bring forth, begeta prim. root
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KJV Lexicon
Cursed
'arar  (aw-rar')
to execrate -- bitterly curse.
be the day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
wherein I was born
yalad  (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
let not the day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
wherein my mother
'em  (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
bare
yalad  (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
me be blessed
barak  (baw-rak')
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

King James Bible
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May the day I was born be cursed. May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

International Standard Version
Let the day on which I was born be cursed. Don't let the day on which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.

NET Bible
Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Cursed is the day that I was born, the day that my mother gave birth to me. May it not be blessed.

King James 2000 Bible
Cursed be the day on which I was born: let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed.
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