Jeremiah 20:17

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever. ¹ 

biblegateway Jer 20:17

For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged for ever.

biblegateway Jer 20:17

Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant.

biblegateway Jer 20:17

for he did not kill me at birth. Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb, that her body had been my grave!

biblegateway Jer 20:17

He should have killed me before I was born, with that womb as my tomb, My mother pregnant for the rest of her life with a baby dead in her womb.

SABDAweb Jer 20:17

Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother’s body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.

bibleoremus Jer 20:17

because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever great.

biblegateway Jer 20:17

Because he did not kill me from the womb, That my mother might have been my grave, And her womb always enlarged with me .

biblegateway Jer 20:17

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever. ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “because he did not kill me from the womb so my mother might be to me for my grave and her womb eternally pregnant.” The sentence structure has been modified and the word “womb” moved from the last line to the next to the last line for English stylistic purposes and greater clarity.