Jeremiah 20:17
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.In other versions
because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
ASV
Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.
BBE
because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great [with me]!
DBY
because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
WEB
Because he hath not put me to death from the womb, And my mother is to me -- my grave, And her womb a pregnancy age-during.
YLT
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.
ENG
Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been delivered.
WBT
because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
BSB
In context
15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
16And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
17Because 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.
18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?