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Jeremiah 20:7

Jeremiah’s Complaint

You deceiveda i me, Lord, and I was deceivedb;

you overpoweredj me and prevailed.

I am ridiculedk all day long;

everyone mocksl me.

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Jeremiah 20:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

O Lord, you have deceived me,

and I was deceived;

you are stronger than I,

and you have prevailed.

I have become a laughingstock all the day;

everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived:

Thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed:

I am in derision daily,

Every one mocketh me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

O Lord, you misled me,

and I allowed myself to be misled.

You are stronger than I am,

and you overpowered me.

Now I am mocked every day;

everyone laughs at me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

O Lord, You induced me, and I was persuaded;

You are stronger than I, and have prevailed.

I am in derision daily;

Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

Lord, you tricked me, and I was fooled.

You are stronger than I am, so you won.

I have become a joke;

everyone makes fun of me all day long.

Jeremiah 20:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. 

You overpowered me and won. 

I’ve been made fun of all day long. 

Everyone mocks me. 

Jeremiah 20:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived.

You seized me and prevailed.

I am a laughingstock all the time;

everyone ridicules me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

O Lord, you have enticed me,

and I was enticed;

you have overpowered me,

and you have prevailed.

I have become a laughingstock all day long;

everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

You have persuaded me, O Yahweh, and I was persuaded.

You have overpowered me, and you have prevailed.

I have become a laughingstock all day long.

Everyone is mocking me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Lord, you tricked me, and I was tricked.

You overpowered me and won.

People make fun of me all day long.

Everyone laughs at me.

Jeremiah 20:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived;

You have overcome me and prevailed.

I have become a laughingstock all day long;

Everyone mocks me.


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