Jeremiah 8:18

In 11 translations

BSB

My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.Or O my Comforter in sorrow,

KJV

¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.in: Heb. upon

WEB

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.

ASV

Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

LSV

My sorrow [is] beyond comfort, || My heart [is] sick in me.

YLT

My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick.

DBY

My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!

DRC

My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart mourneth within me.

GNV

I would haue comforted my selfe against sorowe, but mine heart is heauie in me.

JPS

Though I would take comfort against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

LXXE

mortally with the pain of your distressed heart.

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WLC

מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖י עֲלֵ֣י יָג֑וֹן עָלַ֖י לִבִּ֥י דַוָּֽי׃

LXX-Br

ἀνίατα μετʼ ὀδύνης καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπορουμένης.

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• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
• Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
• Lamentations 1:16–17For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed. Zion stretches out her hands, but there…
• Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
• Job 7:13–14When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
• Jeremiah 10:19–22Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.” My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more.…
• Habakkuk 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
• Daniel 10:16–17And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength. How can I,…

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