King James Version
Jeremiah 20:14 in the King James Version says “Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.”
Jeremiah 20:14 · KJV
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
And 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 ;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“be the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“bare”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“be the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“bare”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“wherein my mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“me be blessed”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
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