Jeremiah 20:18 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ Why did I ever come forth out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and my days end in shame?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Why was I ever born when all I see is suffering and misery, and my days are filled with shame?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Why did I depart from the womb, so that I would see hardship and sorrow, and so that my days would be consumed by trouble?"

Jeremiah 20:18 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom bush. He prayed that he might die. “It’s too much!” he said. “Now, Adonai, take my life! For I’m no better than my fathers.”

Job 14:1

“A mortal born of woman, is of few days and full of turmoil.

Job 14:13

“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me until Your wrath has passed! Oh that You would set a time for me and then remember me!

Job 3:20

Why is light given to one who suffers and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 5:7

Yet man is born for trouble, as surely as sparks fly upward.

Psalm 102:3

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn Your ear to me— in the day I call, answer me quickly.

Psalm 69:19

Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my foes.

Isaiah 1:6

From the foot to the head there is no soundness. Wounds, bruises and raw sores: not pressed, nor bandaged, nor softened with oil.

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to Me, you who know justice, a people with My Torah in their heart: Do not fear the taunt of men, nor be dismayed at their insults.

Jeremiah 15:10

Oy to me, my mother, that you gave birth to me— a man of strife and conflict to all the land! I did not lend or borrow, yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You be to me like a mirage of water that is undependable?

Jeremiah 3:25

Let’s lie down with our shame and let our disgrace cover us! For we have sinned against Adonai Eloheinu —both we and our fathers— from our youth even to this day. We have not paid attention to the voice of Adonai Eloheinu.”

Jeremiah 8:18

My joy is overcome by grief, my heart is faint within me.

Lamentations 1:12

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is any suffering like my suffering that was brought on me, that Adonai has inflicted in the day of His fierce anger?

Lamentations 3:1

I am the strong man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You show me wickedness, and why must I behold mischief? Yes, devastation and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention arises.

John 16:20

Amen, amen I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will celebrate. You will be filled with sorrow, but your sorrow will turn to joy!

Acts 5:41

So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be dishonored on account of His name.

2 Timothy 1:12

For this reason I also am suffering these things—but I am not ashamed, for I know in whom I have trusted and I am convinced He is able to safeguard what I have entrusted to Him until that Day.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need perseverance so that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Hebrews 11:36

Others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging—yes, and even chains and prison.

Hebrews 12:2

focusing on Yeshua, the initiator and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame; and He has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 13:13

So let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing His disgrace.