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Jeremiah 20:17

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He should have killed me before I was born,

with that womb as my tomb,

My mother pregnant for the rest of her life

with a baby dead in her womb.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

because he did not kill me in the womb;

so my mother would have been my grave,

and her womb forever great.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For he did not kill me in the womb,

with my mother as my grave,

her womb enlarged forever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

because he didn’t kill me in the womb

so that my mother might have been my grave,

her womb eternally pregnant.

NLTNew Living Translation

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!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King 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.