Jeremiah 1:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ And said I, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. [Exod. 4:10; 6:12, 30; I Kings 3:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

Common English Bible

⁶ “Ah, LORD God,” I said, “I don’t know how to speak because I’m only a child.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy."

Jeremiah 1:6 Cross References

Exodus 4:1

And Mosheh answered and said, “And if they do not believe me, nor listen to my voice, and say, ‘יהוה  has not appeared to you?’ ”

Exodus 6:12

And Mosheh spoke before יהוה, saying, “The children of Yisra’ĕ

Exodus 6:30

And Mosheh said before יהוה, “See, I am of uncircumcised lips, and why would Pharaoh listen to me?”

Isaiah 6:5

And I said, “Woe to me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips – for my eyes have seen the Sovereign, יהוה  of hosts.”

Jeremiah 14:13

But I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, the prophets say to them, ‘You are not to see a sword, nor have scarcity of food, for I give you true peace in this place.’ ”

Jeremiah 32:17

‘Ah, Master יהוה! See, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is no matter too hard for You,

Jeremiah 34:6

And Yirmeyahu the prophet spoke all these words to Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! Truly, You have greatly deceived this people and Yerushalayim, saying, ‘Peace is for you,’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, I have never defiled myself from my youth till now. I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has unclean meat ever come into my mouth.”

Zechariah 2:4

and he said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Yerushalayim is to remain unwalled, because of the many men and livestock in it.