Parallel Verses
Amplified
Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing],
My heart is sick and faint within me!
New American Standard Bible
My
King James Version
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Holman Bible
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.
International Standard Version
Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me, my heart is sick within me.
A Conservative Version
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
American Standard Version
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
Bible in Basic English
Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.
Darby Translation
My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!
Julia Smith Translation
Because I afflicted not sorrow upon myself, my heart was sick upon me.
King James 2000
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"My comfort [is gone] from me, sorrow [is] on me, my heart [is] sick.
Modern King James verseion
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Sorrow is come upon me, and heaviness vexeth my heart:
NET Bible
Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
New Heart English Bible
"Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow. My heart is faint within me.
The Emphasized Bible
When I would have cheered myself against sorrow, Against me, mine own heart sickened: -
Webster
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
World English Bible
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
Youngs Literal Translation
My refreshing for me is sorrow, For me my heart is sick.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:18
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament Over Judah
17
“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,
Vipers which cannot be charmed,
And they will bite you,” says the Lord.
Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing],
My heart is sick and faint within me!
Behold, [hear the sound of] the cry of the daughter of my people from the distant land [of Babylon]:
“Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King within her?”
[But the Lord answers] “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols?”
Cross References
Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I say, “Look away from me;
Let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Lamentations 1:16-17
“I weep for these things;
My eyes overflow with tears,
Because a comforter,
One who could restore my soul, is far away from me.
My children are desolate and perishing,
For the enemy has prevailed.”
Lamentations 5:17
Because of this our heart is faint,
Because of these things our eyes are dim.
Job 7:13-14
“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the report of it;
Our hands become limp and helpless.
Anguish has gripped us,
Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.
Jeremiah 10:19-22
“Woe to me because of my [spiritual] brokenness!” [says Jeremiah, speaking for the nation.]
“My wound is incurable.”
But I said, “Surely this sickness and suffering and grief are mine,
And I must bear it.”
Daniel 10:16-17
And behold, one who resembled the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, because of the vision anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and my whole inner self trembled;
My lips quivered at the sound.
Decay and rottenness enter my bones,
And I tremble in my place.
Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress,
For the people to arise who will invade and attack us.