Jeremiah 1:6

In 11 translations

BSB

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

KJV

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

WEB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

ASV

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

LSV

And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH! Behold, I have not known—to speak, for I [am] a youth.”

YLT

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known — to speak, for I [am] a youth.'

DBY

And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.

DRC

And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.

GNV

Then said I, Oh, Lord God, behold, I can not speake, for I am a childe.

JPS

Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.'

LXXE

And I said, O Lord, thou that art supreme Lord, behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲהָהּ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה לֹא־יָדַ֖עְתִּי דַּבֵּ֑ר כִּי־נַ֖עַר אָנֹֽכִי׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπα, ὁ ὢν δέσποτα, Κύριε, ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι λαλεῖν, ὅτι νεώτερος ἐγώ εἰμι.

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• Exodus 4:10–16“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.” And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who…
• Exodus 6:12But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
• Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
• 1 Kings 3:7–9And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in. Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people…
• Exodus 4:1Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
• Exodus 6:30But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “Since I am unskilled in speech, why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
• Jeremiah 14:13“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
• Jeremiah 4:10Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

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