Jeremiah’s Complaint
Jeremiah 20:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
- KJV
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
- WEB
- Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.
- ASV
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
- LSV
- Cursed [is] the man who bore tidings [to] my father, || Saying, “A male child has been born to you,” || Making him very glad!
- YLT
- Cursed [is] the man who bore tidings [to] my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child — a male,' Making him very glad!
- DBY
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
- DRC
- Cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and made him greatly rejoice.
- GNV
- Cursed be the man, that shewed my father, saying, A man child is borne vnto thee, and comforted him.
- JPS
- Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: 'A man-child is born unto thee'; making him very glad.
- LXXE
- Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אָר֣וּר הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בִּשַּׂ֤ר אֶת־אָבִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יֻֽלַּד־לְךָ֖ בֵּ֣ן זָכָ֑ר שַׂמֵּ֖חַ שִׂמֳּחָֽהוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ εὐαγγελισάμενος τῷ πατρί μου λέγων, ἐτέχθη σοι ἄρσην· εὐφραινόμενος
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 1:14He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
- Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Genesis 21:5–6Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
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