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BrLXX Οἴμοι ἐγὼ, μῆτερ, ὡς τινά με ἔτεκες ἄνδρα δικαζόμενον, καὶ διακρινόμενον πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· οὔτε ὠφέλησα, οὔτε ὠφέλησέ με οὐδείς· ἡ ἰσχύς μου ἐξέλιπεν ἐν τοῖς καταρωμένοις με.
(Oimoi egō, maʸter, hōs tina me etekes andra dikazomenon, kai diakrinomenon pasaʸ taʸ gaʸ; oute ōfelaʸsa, oute ōfelaʸse me oudeis; haʸ isⱪus mou exelipen en tois katarōmenois me. )

BrTr Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has any one helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.

ULT Woe to me, my mother! For you have borne me, I who am a man of controversy and argument through all the land.
⇔ I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me, but they all curse me.

UST I said to my mother, “I am very sad;
⇔ I wish that you had not given birth to me;
⇔ everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me.
⇔ I have not made anyone angry by lending or borrow money and then quarreling about it,
⇔ but everyone curses me anyway.”

BSB ⇔ Woe to me, my mother,
⇔ that you have borne me,
⇔ a man of strife and conflict
⇔ in all the land.
⇔ I have neither lent nor borrowed,
⇔ yet everyone curses me.

OEB Alas for me! mother of mine, that bore me
⇔ To strive and to struggle with all the world.
⇔ Never lender nor borrower was I,
⇔ Yet one and all they curse me.

WEBBE ⇔ Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife,
⇔ and a man of contention to the whole earth!
⇔ I have not lent, neither have men lent to me;
⇔ yet every one of them curses me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I said,
⇔ “Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me!
⇔ I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land.
⇔ I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone.
⇔ Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.”

LSV Woe to me, my mother,
For you have borne me,
A man of strife and a man of contention to all the land,
I have not lent on usury,
Nor have they lent on usury to me—All of them are reviling me.

FBV How sad I am, my mother, that you gave birth to me! I'm a victim of argument and conflict wherever I go in the country. I have never lent anyone anything, or borrowed anything, but still everyone curses me.

T4T I said to my mother, “I am very sad;
⇔ I wish that you had not given birth to me;
⇔ everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me.
⇔ I am not a person who lends money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should,
⇔ and I am not a person who borrows money from others and then refuses to pay it back,
⇔ but everyone [HYP] curses me.”

LEB • O my mother, that you gave birth to me, a man of contention and quarreling[fn] • I have not lent out and[fn] • All of them are cursing me.

15:4 Literally “to all of the land”

15:4 Literally “not they have lent out for me”

BBE Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

ASV Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

DRA Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.

YLT Woe to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me — All of them are reviling me.

Drby Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.

RV Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent on usury, neither have men lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Wbstr Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor have men lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

KJB-1769 ¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
(¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou/you hast born me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. )

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Woe is mee, my mother, that that thou hast borne me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth: I haue neither lent on vsurie, nor men haue lent to me on vsurie, yet euery one of them doeth curse me.
(¶ Woe is me, my mother, that that thou/you hast born me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth: I have neither lent on usurie, nor men have lent to me on usurie, yet every one of them doeth curse me.)

15:10 Iob 3.1. &c, cha.20.15.

Bshps O mother, alas that thou euer didst beare me, a brawler and rebuker of the whole lande: though I neuer lent nor receaued vpon vsurie, yet all men speake euyll vpon me.
(O mother, alas that thou/you ever didst bear me, a brawler and rebuker of the whole land: though I never lent nor received upon usurie, yet all men speak evil upon me.)

Gnva Wo is mee, my mother, that thou hast borne mee, a contentious man, and a man that striueth with the whole earth I haue neither lent on vsury, nor men haue lent vnto me on vsurie: yet euery one doeth curse me.
(Woe is me, my mother, that thou/you hast born me, a contentious man, and a man that striveth with the whole earth I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent unto me on usurie: yet every one doeth curse me. )

Cvdl O mother, alas that euer thou dydest beare me, an enemie and hated of the whole londe: Though I neuer lente ner receaued vpon vsury, yet euery man speake euell vpon me.
(O mother, alas that ever thou/you dydest bear me, an enemie and hated of the whole londe: Though I never lente nor received upon usury, yet every man speak evil upon me.)

Wycl Mi modir, wo to me; whi gendridist thou me a man of chidyng, a man of discord in al the lond? Y lente not, nether ony man lente to me; alle men cursen me, the Lord seith.
(Mi modir, woe to me; why gendridist thou/you me a man of chidyng, a man of discord in all the lond? I lente not, neither any man lente to me; all men cursen me, the Lord seith.)

Luth Ach, meine Mutter, daß du mich geboren hast, wider den jedermann hadert und zankt im ganzen Lande! Habe ich doch weder auf Wucher geliehen noch genommen, noch flucht mir jedermann.
(Ach, my Mutter, that you me geboren hast, against the anyone hadert and zankt in_the entire land! goods I though/but weder on Wucher geliehen still taken, still flucht to_me jedermann.)

ClVg [Væ mihi, mater mea ! quare genuisti me, virum rixæ, virum discordiæ in universa terra? Non fœneravi, nec fœneravit mihi quisquam: omnes maledicunt mihi.[fn]
([Alas mihi, mater mea ! quare genuisti me, virum rixæ, virum discordiæ in universa terra? Non fœneravi, but_not fœneravit to_me quisquam: everyone maledicunt mihi. )

15.10 Væ mihi, mater mea, etc. ID. Potest hoc Synecdochicos de Jeremia intelligi, qui non in toto orbe terrarum, etc., usque ad sed et Jeremiam deprehendimus sæpe in hoc volumine rogasse pro populo.

15.10 Alas mihi, mater mea, etc. ID. Potest this Synecdochicos about Yeremia intelligi, who not/no in toto orbe terrarum, etc., until to but and Yeremiam deprehendimus sæpe in this volumine rogasse for to_the_people.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

In these verse, Jeremiah speaks to Yahweh about his suffering, and Yahweh answers him.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

(Occurrence 0) Woe to me, my mother

(Some words not found in UHB: woe to=me mother,my that/for/because/then/when bore,me (a)_man strife and,man contention to/from=all/each/any/every the=earth/land not lent and=not borrowed in/on/at/with,me everyone,them curses,me )

Jeremiah pretends to speak to his mother as a way to emphasize how sad he is.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) a man of controversy and argument

The words “controversy” and “argument” mean basically the same thing. Together they emphasize how much Jeremiah is arguing. Alternate translation: “a man with whom everyone argues all the time”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) I have not lent, nor has anyone lent to me

This refers to lending money to people. Often lending money causes people to fight with one another. Alternate translation: “I have not lent money to anyone, nor has anyone lent money to me” or “I have not made anyone angry by lending or borrow money and then quarreling about it”

Parallel JER 15:10

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