Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 20:17
American Standard Version
because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Amplified® Bible
Because he did not slay me in the womb, so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Contemporary English Version
He deserves to die for not killing me before I was born. Then my mother's body would have been my grave.
Darby English Version
because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!
Good News Bible
for not killing me before I was born. Then my mother's womb would have been my grave.
King 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.
New American Standard Bible
Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant.
New International Version
For he did not kill me in the womb,
with my mother as my grave,
her womb enlarged forever.
New King James Version
Because he did not kill me from the womb,
That my mother might have been my grave,
And her womb always enlarged with me.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have become my grave, And her womb ever pregnant.
Revised Standard Version
because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb for ever great.
Young's Literal Translation
Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.
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