Jeremiah · יִרְמְיָהוּ

Jeremiah 20:18

לָ֤מָּה זֶּה֙ מֵרֶ֣חֶם יָצָ֔אתִי לִרְא֥וֹת עָמָ֖ל וְיָג֑וֹן וַיִּכְל֥וּ בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת יָמָֽי׃
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

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

Hebrew

לָ֤מָּה זֶּה֙ מֵרֶ֣חֶם יָצָ֔אתִי לִרְא֥וֹת עָמָ֖ל וְיָג֑וֹן וַיִּכְל֥וּ בְּבֹ֖שֶׁת יָמָֽי׃

lamah zeh mereḥem yaṣaʾtiy lirʾvot ʿamal vyagvon vayiklv bboshet yamay

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