Jeremiah Chapter 20 verse 18 Holy Bible
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
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Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?
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Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Why `is' this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Wherefore came I forth . . .?--Like the preceding verse, this is in its tone, almost in its words, an echo of Job 3:11-12; Job 3:20.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewWhyלָ֤מָּה (lām·māh)InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whatdid I come outיָצָ֔אתִי (yā·ṣā·ṯî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proximof the wombמֵרֶ֣חֶם (mê·re·ḥem)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7358: The womb to seeלִרְא֥וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 7200: To seeonly troubleעָמָ֖ל (‘ā·māl)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mindand sorrow,וְיָג֑וֹן (wə·yā·ḡō·wn)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3015: Grief, sorrowand to endוַיִּכְל֥וּ (way·yiḵ·lū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spentmy daysיָמָֽי׃ (yā·māy)Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularStrong's 3117: A dayin shame?בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת (bə·ḇō·šeṯ)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 1322: Shame, shameful thingJump to PreviousBody Consumed End Forth Labor Mother's Pain Shame Sorrow Spend Spent Toil Trouble Wherefore Womb World
