Jeremiah 20:17
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordBecause 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.
— Jeremiah 20:17, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
because he didn't kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
American Standard Version (ASV)
because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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.