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KJV Lexicon Because he slewmuwth (mooth) causatively, to kill me not from the womb rechem (rekh'-em) the womb -- matrix, womb. or that my mother 'em (ame) a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting. might have been my grave qeber, (keh'-ber) a sepulchre -- burying place, grave, sepulchre. and her womb rechem (rekh'-em) the womb -- matrix, womb. to be always `owlam (o-lawm') concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always great hareh (haw-reh') pregnant -- (be, woman) with child, conceive, great. with me Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant. King James Bible Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. Holman Christian Standard Bible because he didn't kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, her womb eternally pregnant. International Standard Version because he didn't kill me in the womb, so that my mother would have been my grave and her womb forever pregnant. NET Bible For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother's womb my grave forever. GOD'S WORD® Translation If only he had killed me while I was in the womb. Then my mother would have been my grave, and she would have always been pregnant. King James 2000 Bible Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. Links Jeremiah 20:17Jeremiah 20:17 NIV Jeremiah 20:17 NLT Jeremiah 20:17 ESV Jeremiah 20:17 NASB Jeremiah 20:17 KJV |
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