17 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.

18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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17 (A)Because he did not kill me from the womb,
That my mother might have been my grave,
And her womb always enlarged with me.
18 (B)Why did I come forth from the womb to (C)see [a]labor and sorrow,
That my days should be consumed with shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:18 toil

10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

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10 Weep not for (A)the dead, nor bemoan him;
Weep bitterly for him (B)who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.

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