KJV King James Version
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
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Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
WEB World English Bible
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me.
ASV American Standard Version
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Woe to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me—All of them are reviling me.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 15
7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave [them] of children, I will destroy my people, [since] they return not from their ways.
8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused [him] to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while [it was] yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee [well] in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֽוֹי־H188 · oywoe!לִ֣יH9030 · nimeאִמִּ֔יH517 · emmotherכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforיְלִדְתִּ֗נִיH3205 · ya.ladto begetאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanרִ֛יבH7379 · rivstrifeוְאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanמָד֖וֹןH4066 · ma.donstrifeלְכָל־H3605 · kolallהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotנָשִׁ֥יתִיH5383 · na.shahto lendוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotנָֽשׁוּ־H5383 · na.shahto lendבִ֖יH9030 · nimeכֻּלֹּ֥הH3605 · kolallמְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ סH7043 · qa.lalto lighten
Cross-references
Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.Exodus 22:25If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.Acts 17:6-8And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;Proverbs 26:2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.Jeremiah 20:7-8O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.Matthew 10:21-23And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.Psalm 109:28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.Acts 16:20-22And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,Deuteronomy 23:19-20Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:Leviticus 25:36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.Jeremiah 15:20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.Matthew 5:44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.Psalm 15:5[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.Nehemiah 5:1-6And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.Jeremiah 20:14-18Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.Jeremiah 1:18-19For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
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