Jeremiah 20:14

14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!

Jeremiah 20:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
ESV
14 Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!
NLT
14 Yet I curse the day I was born! May no one celebrate the day of my birth.
MSG
14 Curse the day I was born! The day my mother bore me - a curse on it, I say!
CSB
14 Cursed be the day on which I was born. The day my mother bore me- let it never be blessed.

Jeremiah 20:14 In-Context

12 LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
13 Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.
14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, “A child is born to you—a son!”
16 May that man be like the towns the LORD overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Job 3:8,16; Job 3:3; Jeremiah 15:10
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