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Jeremiah 20:9

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9I say, “I won’t mention him

or speak any longer in his name.”w

But his message becomes a fire burning in my heart,x

shut up in my bones.

I become tired of holding it in,y

and I cannot prevail.

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Cross references

  1. wEx 5:23; Dt 18:20; Ac 5:40
  2. xJb 32:18–20; Ps 39:3
  3. yJr 6:11; Am 3:8; 1Co 9:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If I say, “I will not mention him,

or speak any more in his name,”

there is in my heart as it were a burning fire

shut up in my bones,

and I am weary with holding it in,

and I cannot.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But if I say, “I will not mention his word

or speak anymore in his name,”

his word is in my heart like a fire,

a fire shut up in my bones.

I am weary of holding it in;

indeed, I cannot.

NLTNew Living Translation

But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord

or speak in his name,

his word burns in my heart like a fire.

It’s like a fire in my bones!

I am worn out trying to hold it in!

I can’t do it!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if I say, “I will not mention him

and I will no longer speak in his name,”

then it becomes in my heart like a fire burning,

locked up in my bones,

and I struggle to contain it,

and I am not able.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then I said, I will not make mention of him,

Nor speak any more in his name.

But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones,

And I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.