Jeremiah 20:17–18

17 For he did not kill me in the womb,

with my mother as my grave,

her womb enlarged forever.

18 Why did I ever come out of the womb

to see trouble and sorrow

and to end my days in shame?

17 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.

18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb

To see labour and sorrow,

That my days should be consumed with shame?

17 because he did not kill me at birth.

Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb,

that her body had been my grave!

18 Why was I ever born?

My entire life has been filled

with trouble, sorrow, and shame.

17 Because he did not kill me from the womb,

That my mother might have been my grave,

And her womb always enlarged with me.

18 Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow,

That my days should be consumed with shame?

17 because he did not kill me before I was born.

Then my mother would have been my grave;

she would have stayed pregnant forever.

18 Why did I have to come out of my mother’s body?

All I have known is trouble and sorrow,

and my life will end in shame.

17 because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

17 because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great with me! 18 Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

17 If only he had killed me while I was in the womb. 

Then my mother would have been my grave, 

and she would have always been pregnant. 

18 Why did I come out of the womb? 

All I’ve seen is trouble and grief. 

I will finish my days in shame. 

17 because he didn’t kill me in the womb

so that my mother might have been my grave,

her womb eternally pregnant.

18 Why did I come out of the womb

to see only struggle and sorrow,

to end my life in shame?

17 because he did not kill me in the womb;

so my mother would have been my grave

and her womb forever pregnant.

18 Why did I come forth from the womb

to see toil and sorrow

and spend my days in shame?

17 Because he did not kill me in the womb,

so that my mother would have been for me my grave,

and her womb would be pregnant forever.

18 Why did I come out from the womb,

to see toil, and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

17 He should have killed me in my mother’s body.

He should have made my mother my grave.

He should have let her body stay large forever.

18 Why did I ever come out of my mother’s body?

I’ve seen nothing but trouble and sorrow.

My days will end in shame.

17 Because he did not kill me before birth,

So that my mother would have been my grave,

And her womb ever pregnant.

18 Why did I ever come forth from the womb

To look on trouble and sorrow,

So that my days have been spent in shame?