Jeremiah 20:17

Jeremiah 20:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17For he did not kill me in the womb,

with my mother as my grave,

her womb enlarged forever.

17Because he did not kill me 20:17 Lit from the wombbefore birth,

So that my mother would have been my grave,

And her womb forever pregnant.

17Because he did not kill me before birth,

So that my mother would have been my grave,

And her womb ever pregnant.

17Because he did not kill me before my birth,

So that my mother might have been my grave,

And her womb always pregnant.

17because he did not kill me in the womb

so that my mother might have been my grave,

and her womb forever enlarged.

17He should have killed me in my mother’s body.

He should have made my mother my grave.

He should have let her body stay large forever.