Jeremiah 20:18

KJ21

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

ASV

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

AMP

Why did I come out of the womb To see trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been filled with shame?

AMPC

Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

BRG

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

CSB

Why did I come out of the womb to see only struggle and sorrow, to end my life in shame?

CEB

Why was I ever born when all I see is suffering and misery, and my days are filled with shame?

CJB

Why did I have to emerge from the womb, just to see toil and sorrow, and end my days in shame?

CEV

Why did I have to be born? Was it just to suffer and die in shame?

DARBY

Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame?

DRA

Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

ERV

Why did I have to come out of her body? All I have seen is trouble and sorrow, and my life will end in shame.

EASY

I should have stayed in that safe place. In my life, I only receive trouble and pain. When I die, all I will have is shame.

EHV

Why did I emerge from that womb to see trouble and sorrow, to finish my days in shame?

ESV

Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

ESVUK

Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

EXB

Why did I have to come out of ·my mother’s body [the womb]? All I have known is trouble and sorrow, and my ·life [days] will end in ·shame [humiliation; Job 3].

GNV

How is it, that I came forth of the womb, to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Why did I come out of the womb? All I’ve seen is trouble and grief. I will finish my days in shame.

GNT

Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?

HCSB

Why did I come out of the womb to see only struggle and sorrow, to end my life in shame?

ICB

Why did I have to come out of my mother’s body? All I have known is trouble and sorrow. And my life will end in shame.

ISV

Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and to finish my life living in shame?

JUB

Why did I come forth out of the womb? To see labour and sorrow that my days should be consumed with shame?

KJV

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

AKJV

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

LSB

Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?

LEB

Why did I come out from the womb, to see toil, and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

TLB

Why was I ever born? For my life has been but trouble and sorrow and shame.

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.

MEV

Why did I come forth from the womb to see trouble and sorrow, so that my days are spent in shame?

NOG

Why did I come out of the womb? All I’ve seen is trouble and grief. I will finish my days in shame.

NABRE

Why did I come forth from the womb, to see sorrow and pain, to end my days in shame?

NASB

Why did I ever come out of the womb To look at trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?

NASB1995

Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?

NCB

Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow and spend my days in shame?

NCV

Why did I have to come out of my mother’s body? All I have known is trouble and sorrow, and my life will end in shame.

NET

Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

NIRV

Why did I ever come out of my mother’s body? I’ve seen nothing but trouble and sorrow. My days will end in shame.

NIV

Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

NIVUK

Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

NKJV

Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, That my days should be consumed with shame?

NLV

Why was I ever born to see trouble and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

NLT

Why was I ever born? My entire life has been filled with trouble, sorrow, and shame.

NRSVA