Jeremiah 20:17 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

ASV Byzantine Text

because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

Asang Khongca Bible

kam no loe kai ih taprong ah oh hanah, anih mah kam no ih zokthung ah na hum ai; kam no hoi nawnto a zok thungah oh poe hanah, na hum halat nahaeloe hoih han to mah!

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Bung khuiah kai n'duek sak pawh. Te dongah a nu he kai taengah ka phuel la poeh tih a bung te kumhal duela vawn.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Bung khuiah kai n'duek sak pawh. Te dongah a nu he kai taengah ka phuel la poeh tih a bung te kumhal duela vawn.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

No kona pepehi ole mai ia'u, mai ka opu mai, a lilo ole ko'u makuwahine i lua no'u, a mau loa aku ka nui ana o kona opu.

English Berean Standard Bible

because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Paske li pa t' touye m' anvan m' te fèt la, pou vant manman m' te tou sèvi m' kavo: li ta rete ansent mwen pou tout tan.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

qui non me interfecit a vulva, ut fieret mihi mater mea sepulchrum, et vulva ejus conceptus æternus !

Bible in Basic English

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

parce qu’il ne m’a pas fait mourir dès le ventre. Ou ma mère, que n’a-t-elle pas été mon sépulcre ! et son ventre, que ne m’a-t-il toujours porté !

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ó že mne neusmrtil od života, ješto by mi matka má byla hrobem mým, a život její věčně těhotný.

Kosraean Bible

Mweyen el tia uniyuwi meet liki nga isusla, Na insien nina kiuk lukun pa kulyuk luk.

World Portuguese Bible

porque ele não me matou desde o ventre. Assim minha mãe teria sido o meu túmulo, e o seu ventre estaria sempre grávido.

Romanian BTF Bible

Pentru că nu m-a ucis din pântece; și mama mea mi-ar fi fost mormântul și pântecele ei însărcinat întotdeauna cu mine.

Brenton English Septuagint

because he slew me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me.

Darby Translation

because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

weil er mich nicht tötete im Mutterleibe, so daß meine Mutter mir zu meinem Grabe geworden und ihr Leib ewig schwanger geblieben wäre!

Dutch Bible 1917

Dat Hij mij niet gedood heeft van de baarmoeder af! Of mijn moeder mijn graf geweest is, of haar baarmoeder als van een, die eeuwiglijk zwanger is!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Vervloekt de man, Die mij niet in de moederschoot doodde: Dan was mijn moeder mijn graf geworden, Haar schoot voor eeuwig zwanger gebleven.

Italian Diodati Bible

Conciossiachè Iddio non mi abbia fatto morire fin dalla matrice, e non abbia fatto che mia madre fosse il mio sepolcro, e che la sua matrice fosse in perpetuo gravida. Perchè son io uscito della matrice, per veder travaglio, e tormento, e per finire i miei giorni in vituperio?

Douay-Rheims 1899

Who slew me not from the womb, that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb an everlasting conception.

Geneva Bible 1599

Because he hath not slaine me, euen from the wombe, or that my mother might haue bene my graue, or her wobe a perpetual conception.

Noyes Bible

Because he slew me not before I saw the light, So that my mother might have been my grave, And her womb have been great with me forever!

Danish Bible 1931

At han ej lod mig dø i Moders Liv, så min Moder var blevet min Grav og hendes Moderliv evigt svangert!

Leeser Tanakh

Because I was not slain [as I escaped] from the womb; or that my mother might have become unto me my grave, and her womb have been affected with a perpetual pregnancy.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Because He slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

King James Version

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

vì đã chẳng giết tôi từ trong lòng mẹ; thì mẹ tôi đã làm mồ mả tôi, và thai lớn luôn luôn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Because he slew me not from the womb; Or that my mother might have been my grave, And her womb to be always great with me.

Revised West Version

Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te ne tāmateʻi au ʻi he manāva; pea u faʻitoka ʻaki ʻeku faʻē, pea u nofomaʻu ʻi hono manāva.

French Ostervald Bible

Que ne m'a-t-on fait mourir dans le sein de ma mère? Que n'a-t-elle été mon tombeau? Et pourquoi sa grossesse n'a-t-elle été sans terme?

Esperanto Bible

Kial mi ne estis mortigita en la utero, ke mia patrino estu mia tombo kaj ŝia ventro restu graveda por ĉiam?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Que ne m’a-t-on fait mourir dans le sein de ma mère! Que ne m’a-t-elle servi de tombeau! Que n’est-elle restée éternellement enceinte!

German Luther Bible 1912

Daß du mich doch nicht getötet hast im Mutterleibe, daß meine Mutter mein Grab gewesen und ihr Leib ewig schwanger geblieben wäre!

LXX2012 U. S. English

because he killed me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me.

British English Septuagint 2012

because he killed me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me.

Majority Standard BIble

because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Webster Bible

Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been delivered.

Revised Version

because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother should have been my grave, and her womb always great.

Italian Riveduta Bible

poich’egli non m’ha fatto morire fin dal seno materno. Così mia madre sarebbe stata la mia tomba, e la sua gravidanza, senza fine.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

parce qu'il ne m'a pas fait mourir dans le ventre de ma mère. Ainsi ma mère aurait été ma tombe, et son sein m'aurait porté pour toujours.

Reina Valera 1909

Porque no me mató en el vientre, y mi madre me hubiera sido mi sepulcro, y su vientre concebimiento perpetuo.

Spanish BLL

porque no me mató antes de que yo naciera. Así mi madre habría sido mi tumba, y yo me habría quedado siempre en su vientre.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

porque no me mató en el vientre; así mi madre hubiera sido mi sepulcro, y su vientre siempre encinta.

Croatian Bible

jer me ne pogubi u majčinoj utrobi da bi majka bila moj grob, da bi joj utroba dovijeka ostala trudna!

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Što me ne usmrti u utrobi materinoj da bi mi mati moja bila grob, i utroba njena da bi ostala do veka trudna.

German Textbibel

weil er mich nicht schon im Mutterschoße sterben ließ, daß meine Mutter mein Grab geworden und ihr Leib immerwährend schwanger geblieben wäre.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

because he slew me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me.