Jeremiah 20:17

New English Translation

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.

Cross References

Job 3:16

Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

Ecclesiastes 6:3

Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years – even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity – even if he were to live forever – I would say, “A stillborn child is better off than he is!”

Jeremiah 15:10

I said, “Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.”