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Jeremiah 1:6

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, lI do not know how to speak, mfor I am only a youth.”

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Jeremiah 1:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

“Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”

Jeremiah 1:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Jeremiah 1:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”

Jeremiah 1:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Then said I:

“Ah, Lord God!

Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”

Jeremiah 1:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.”

Jeremiah 1:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

Jeremiah 1:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.

Jeremiah 1:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I, Jeremiah, said, “Almighty Lord, I do not know how to speak. I am only a boy!” 

Jeremiah 1:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

Jeremiah 1:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.”

Jeremiah 1:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”

Jeremiah 1:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“You are my Lord and King,” I said. “I don’t know how to speak. I’m only a child.”

Jeremiah 1:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then I said, “Alas, Lord God!

Behold, I do not know how to speak,

Because I am a youth.”


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