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Jeremiah 20:7

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Jeremiah’s Unpopular Ministry

7O Lord, You 2induced me, and I was persuaded;

hYou are stronger than I, and have prevailed.

iI am 3in derision daily;

Everyone mocks me.

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Footnotes

  1. 2enticed or persuaded
  2. 3Lit. a laughingstock all the day

Cross references

  1. hJer. 1:6, 7
  2. iJob 12:4; Lam. 3:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived;

you overpowered me and prevailed.

I am ridiculed all day long;

everyone mocks me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived.

You seized me and prevailed.

I am a laughingstock all the time;

everyone ridicules me.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.