Jeremiah 8:18
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.In other versions
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
ASV
Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.
BBE
My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me!
DBY
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
WEB
My refreshing for me `is' sorrow, For me my heart `is' sick.
YLT
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
ENG
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
WBT
My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
BSB
In context
16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.