Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!
New American Standard Bible
To my father, saying,
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And made him very happy.
King James Version
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Holman Bible
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A male child is born to you,”
bringing him great joy.
International Standard Version
Cursed is the person who brought the good news to my father, "A baby boy has been born to you," making him very happy.
A Conservative Version
Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man-child is born to thee, making him very glad.
American Standard Version
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Amplified
Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A son has been born to you!”
Making him very glad.
Bible in Basic English
A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.
Darby Translation
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
Julia Smith Translation
Cursed the man who announced to my father, Good news; saying, A son, a male was born to thee; with rejoicing, making him rejoice.
King James 2000
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born unto you; making him very glad.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Cursed be the man who brought the news [to] my father, {saying}, "A child is born to you, a son!" and he made him very glad.
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man child is born to you; making him very glad.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Cursed be the man, that brought my father the tidings, to make him glad, saying, "Thou hast gotten a son."
New Heart English Bible
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
The Emphasized Bible
Accursed, be the man who carried tidings to my father saying, There is born to thee a man-child!
Webster
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee; making him very glad.
World English Bible
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is the man who bore tidings to my father, saying, 'Born to thee hath been a child -- a male,' Making him very glad!
Themes
Children » Male » Birth of, announced to the father by a messenger
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 20:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Lament
14 Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. 15 Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him! 16 May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.
Cross References
Genesis 21:5-6
(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)
Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."
Luke 1:14
Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,