Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
For I am [only] a young man.”
New American Standard Bible
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
Because
King James Version
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Holman Bible
But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak
International Standard Version
I replied, "Ah, LORD God! Look, I don't know how to speak, because I'm only a young man."
A Conservative Version
Then I said, Ah, lord LORD! Behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.
American Standard Version
Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.
Bible in Basic English
Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
Darby Translation
And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah, behold I knew not to speak: for I a boy.
King James 2000
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know [how] to speak, for I [am] a youth."
Modern King James verseion
Then I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, I do not know to speak; for I am a boy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said I, "Oh LORD God, I cannot speak, for I am yet but young."
NET Bible
I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young."
New Heart English Bible
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD. Behold, I do not know how to speak; for I am a child."
The Emphasized Bible
Then said I - Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak, - For a child, am I!
Webster
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
World English Bible
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I am a youth.'
Themes
Children » Early piety of » Jeremiah
Children » Instances of » Jeremiah
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Personal weakness (jeremiah)
Humble » Examples of Leadership » Jeremiah
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Jeremiah
5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument],
And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own];
I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
For I am [only] a young man.”
But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am [only] a young man,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Cross References
Exodus 6:12
But Moses said to the Lord, “Look, [my own people] the Israelites have not listened to me; so how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am
Exodus 4:10-16
Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I am not a man of words (eloquent, fluent), neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am
1 Kings 3:7-9
So now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of David my father; and as for me, I am but a little boy [
Jeremiah 32:17
‘Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too difficult or too wonderful for You—
Exodus 4:1
Then Moses answered [the Lord] and said, “What if they will not believe me or take seriously what I say? For they may say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”
Exodus 6:30
But Moses said before the Lord, “Look, I am
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said,
Because I am a man of [ceremonially] unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, “
Jeremiah 14:13
But I said, “Alas, Lord God! Behold, the [false] prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I [the Lord] will give you lasting peace in this place.’”