Bible verse
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
Jeremiah 20:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 20.
13 Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
16 May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,
17 because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
18 Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
KJV
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].
ASV
because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
ERV
because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother should have been my grave, and her womb always great.
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