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Jeremiah 1:6
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But I protested, “Oh no, Lord God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.
Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Then I said, "Ah, Lord God ! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."
Then I said, "Oh, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth."
Then I said, "But Lord God , I don't know how to speak. I am only a boy."
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, For I am [only] a young man."
Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.
Then said I, Oh, Lord God, behold, I can not speake, for I am a childe.
Then I said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh!Behold, I do not know how to speakBecause I am a youth."
"Ah, Lord GOD," I said, "I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!"
I replied, "I'm not a good speaker, Lord , and I'm too young."
I said, "Oh, Adonai Elohim , I don't even know how to speak! I'm just a child!"
And I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.
Then I said, "But, Lord God , I don't know how to speak. I am only a boy."
Then I said, I beseech thee, O LORD God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am but a child.
I answered, "Sovereign Lord , I don't know how to speak; I am too young."
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth."
Then I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! Behold, I do not know how to speak for I am a boy.
The sayde I: Oh LORDE God, I am vnmete, for I am yet but yonge.
Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.
Then said I, O Lord God! see, I have no power of words, for I am a child.
Then said I: 'Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.'
Then said I, Ah Lord God, behold, I cannot speake, for I am a childe.
Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young.
And I said, O Lord, thou that art supreme Lord, behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! Y kan not speke, for Y am a child.
Then I said, Ah, Lord Yahweh! look, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I [am] a child.
I answered, "Oh, Lord God , I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young."
Then said I: "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth."
"O Sovereign Lord ," I said, "I can't speak for you! I'm too young!"
Then I said, "O, Lord God! I do not know how to speak. I am only a boy."
Then I said, "Ah, Lord God ! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy."
Then said I - Ah! My Lord Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak, - For a child, am I!
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.
Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."
And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I [am] a youth.'
Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Lord: Jeremiah 4:10, Jeremiah 14:13, Jeremiah 32:17
I cannot: Exodus 4:1, Exodus 4:10-16, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30, Isaiah 6:5
for I am: 1 Kings 3:7-9
Reciprocal: Exodus 3:11 - General Exodus 4:11 - General Exodus 4:13 - send Numbers 11:26 - went not out Judges 6:15 - wherewith 1 Samuel 3:15 - feared 1 Samuel 18:18 - Who am I 1 Kings 3:9 - who is able 1 Chronicles 29:1 - young Proverbs 25:6 - in the presence Jeremiah 20:7 - deceived Ezekiel 4:14 - Ah Zechariah 2:4 - young Mark 13:11 - take 1 Corinthians 2:1 - with 2 Corinthians 3:5 - but 2 Corinthians 10:10 - and his 2 Corinthians 12:9 - My grace James 1:5 - any
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God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!" God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was: he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning— Day Two.
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
A David Psalm God's glory is on tour in the skies, God-craft on exhibit across the horizon. Madame Day holds classes every morning, Professor Night lectures each evening.
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies; Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness; Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings; Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute; Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin. Let every living, breathing creature praise God ! Hallelujah!
When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.
But God is the real thing— the living God, the eternal King. When he's angry, Earth shakes. Yes, and the godless nations quake.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then said I, Ah, Lord God!.... The word ×××, "Ah", or "Ahah", is used in distress and grief, as Kimchi observes; and is expressive of mourning and complaint, as Jarchi notes; and shows that the prophet was troubled and uneasy at his call, and would gladly have been excused on the following account:
behold, I cannot speak; or, "I know not how to speak" r; properly and pertinently, politely and eloquently, especially before great personages, kings and princes, and the citizens of Jerusalem, being brought up in a rustic manner in the country. A like excuse Moses made, Exodus 4:10. The Targum is, "I know not to prophesy: for I am a child"; meaning either in knowledge and understanding, or in years; not a mere child, but a "junior", as the Septuagint version renders the word; or a "young man", as the Arabic version; so Samuel and Zechariah were young men, when they first ministered in their office, 1 Samuel 3:1. Abarbinel supposes that Jeremiah was now twelve or fifteen years of age; but it should seem rather that he was more, perhaps twenty years of age; since he seems to have prophesied to the men of Anathoth before he was sent to Jerusalem, Jeremiah 11:21.
r ×× ×××¢×ª× ××ר "uescio loqui", V. L. Munster, Vatablus, Junius Tremellius "non novi loqui", Pagninus, Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There is no resistance on Jeremiahâs part, but he shrinks back alarmed.
I cannot speak - i. e., âI cannot prophesy,â I have not those powers of oratory necessary for success. The prophets of Israel were the national preachers in religious matters, and their orators in political.
I am a child - This implies nothing very definite about Jeremiahâs age. Still the long duration of his prophetic mission makes it probable that he was very young when called to the office, as also were Isaiah, Hosea, Zechariah, and others.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 1:6. I cannot speak — Being very young, and wholly inexperienced, I am utterly incapable of conceiving aright, or of clothing these Divine subjects in suitable language. Those who are really called of God to the sacred ministry are such as have been brought to a deep acquaintance with themselves, feel their own ignorance, and know their own weakness. They know also the awful responsibility that attaches to the work; and nothing but the authority of God can induce such to undertake it. They whom God never called run, because of worldly honour and emolument: the others hear the call with fear and trembling, and can go only in the strength of Jehovah.
"How ready is the man to go,
Whom God hath never sent!
How timorous, diffident, and slow,
God's chosen instrument!"
