Jeremiah 20:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He deserves to die for not killing me before I was born. Then my mother's body would have been my grave.

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I wish I had been born dead and then buried, never to see the light of day.

You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial.

I wish I had never been born! I'm always in trouble with everyone in Judah. I never lend or borrow money, but everyone curses me just the same.