Jeremiah 20:15-16
Jeremiah 20:14-18 The Message (MSG)
Curse the day I was born! The day my mother bore me— a curse on it, I say! And curse the man who delivered the news to my father: “You’ve got a new baby—a boy baby!” (How happy it made him.) Let that birth notice be blacked out, deleted from the records, And the man who brought it haunted to his death with the bad news he brought. 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. Why, oh why, did I ever leave that womb? Life’s been nothing but trouble and tears, and what’s coming is more of the same.
Jeremiah 20:15-16 King James Version (KJV)
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide
Jeremiah 20:15-16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, “A baby boy has been born to you!” And made him very happy. But let that man be like the cities Which the LORD overthrew without relenting, And let him hear an outcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon
Jeremiah 20:15-16 New Century Version (NCV)
Let there be a curse on the man who brought my father the news: “You have a son!” This made my father very glad. Let that man be like the towns the LORD destroyed without pity. Let him hear loud crying in the morning and battle cries at noon
Jeremiah 20:15-16 American Standard Version (ASV)
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad. And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime
Jeremiah 20:15-16 New International Version (NIV)
Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, “A child is born to you—a son!” May that man be like the towns the LORD overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.
Jeremiah 20:15-16 New King James Version (NKJV)
Let the man be cursed Who brought news to my father, saying, “A male child has been born to you!” Making him very glad. And let that man be like the cities Which the LORD overthrew, and did not relent; Let him hear the cry in the morning And the shouting at noon
Jeremiah 20:15-16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, “A son has been born to you!” Making him very glad. And let that man be like the cities Which the LORD overthrew without regret. Let him hear an outcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon
Jeremiah 20:15-16 New Living Translation (NLT)
I curse the messenger who told my father, “Good news—you have a son!” Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the LORD overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts
Jeremiah 20:15-16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Put a curse on the man who made my father glad by saying, “Good news—it’s a boy! You have a son.” Let that man be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah that YAHWEH destroyed without pity. Let him hear shouts of alarm in the morning and battle cries at noon.
Jeremiah 20:15-16 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, “A son is born to you,” making him very glad. Let that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without pity; let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon