JER 1:6 Parallel Verse View

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1:6 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπα, ὁ ὢν δέσποτα, Κύριε, ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι λαλεῖν, ὅτι νεώτερος ἐγώ εἰμι.
(Kai eipa, ho ōn despota, Kurie, idou ouk epistamai lalein, hoti neōteros egō eimi. )

BrTr And I said, O Lord, thou that art supreme Lord, behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.

ULT And I said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a young lad.”

UST I replied, “O, Yahweh my God, do you not see that I am not qualified to speak for you? I am very young!”

BSB § “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

OEB And thus I made answer:
⇔ "Alas! O Lord Jehovah, Behold!
⇔ I have no skill of speech, I am only a child."

WEBBE Then I said, “Ah, Lord[fn] GOD! Behold,[fn] I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

1:6 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

1:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

WMBB Then I said, “Ah, Lord[fn] GOD! Behold,[fn] I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

1:6 The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.”

1:6 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

NET I answered, “Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.”

LSV And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH! Behold, I have not known—to speak, for I [am] a youth.”

FBV “Oh no, Lord God!” I replied. “I really don't know how to speak in public because I'm still too young!”

T4T I replied, “O, Yahweh my God, I am not qualified to speak for you, because I am very young!”

LEB Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”[fn]

1:6 Or “boy”

BBE Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.'

ASV Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

DRA And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.

YLT And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known — to speak, for I [am] a youth.'

Drby And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.

RV Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Wbstr Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

KJB-1769 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

KJB-1611 Then said I, Ah [fn]LORD God, behold, I cannot speake, for I am a childe.
(Then said I, Ah LORD God, behold, I cannot speake, for I am a child.)

1:6 Exo.3.4.

Bshps Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young.
(Then said I: O Lord God, I cannot speake, for I am yet but young.)

Gnva Then said I, Oh, Lord God, behold, I can not speake, for I am a childe.
(Then said I, Oh, Lord God, behold, I cannot speake, for I am a child. )

Cvdl The sayde I: Oh LORDE God, I am vnmete, for I am yet but yonge.
(The said I: Oh LORD God, I am unmete, for I am yet but yonge.)

Wycl And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! Y kan not speke, for Y am a child.
(And I said, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! I kan not speke, for I am a child.)

Luth Ich aber sprach: Ach, HErr HErr, ich tauge nicht zu predigen, denn ich bin zu jung!
(I but spoke: Ach, LORD LORD, I tauge not to predigen, because I am to jung!)

ClVg Et dixi: [A, a, a, Domine Deus, ecce nescio loqui, quia puer ego sum.][fn]
(And dixi: [A, a, a, Domine God, behold nescio loqui, because puer I sum.] )

1.6 A, a, a, Domine Deus. Detestatur officium quod pro ætate non potest sustinere. Eadem verecundia, qua Moyses gracilis et tenuis vocis se esse dicit; sed ille quasi magnæ et robustæ ætatis corripitur, quasi puero huic venia datur, qui verecundia et pudore decoratur.

1.6 A, a, a, Domine God. Detestatur officium that for ætate not/no potest sustinere. Eadem verecundia, which Moyses gracilis and tenuis vocis se esse dicit; but ille as_if magnæ and robustæ ætatis corripitur, as_if puero huic venia datur, who verecundia and pudore decoratur.

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