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Jeremiah 20:8

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8For since I spake, I cried out,

I cried oviolence and spoil;

Because pthe word of the Lord was made qa reproach unto me,

And qa derision, daily.

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Footnotes

  1. och. 6:7.
  2. pch. 6:10. See ch. 24:9.

Cross references

  1. qPs. 44:13. & 79:4.
  2. qPs. 44:13. & 79:4.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For whenever I speak, I cry out,

I shout, “Violence and destruction!”

For the word of the Lord has become for me

a reproach and derision all day long.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whenever I speak, I cry out

proclaiming violence and destruction.

So the word of the Lord has brought me

insult and reproach all day long.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For whenever I speak, I cry out,

I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”

so the word of the Lord has become my

constant disgrace and derision.

NLTNew Living Translation

When I speak, the words burst out.

“Violence and destruction!” I shout.

So these messages from the Lord

have made me a household joke.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For as often as I speak,

I must cry out violence and destruction.

I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me

a disgrace and derision all day long.