Translations
Modern
…because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
Traditional
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.
Literal
Because he did not kill me from the womb, that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb pregnant forever.
Latin
…qui non me interfecit a vulva, ut fieret mihi mater mea sepulchrum, et vulva ejus conceptus æternus!
Original
Hebrew
English
…because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
Notes
Jeremiah felt his life had no purpose.
Jeremiah hoped for rescue, but he still faced harsh realities. Surprised by his persecution, he wished he were dead or had never been born (see Jeremiah 16:3–4; Job 3).
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC
Glossary
Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Prayer Psalms, Book of
Topics
Jeremiah: The Prophet: His Melancholy and Complaints Against God, in Consequence of Persecution Life: (Sacredness of, an Inference from What is Taught in the Law Concerning Murder): Jeremiah Murmuring: Jeremiah