Jeremiah 1:6

Jeremiah 1:6 (Free Bible Version, FBV)

“Oh no, Lord God!” I replied. “I really don't know how to speak in public because I'm still too young!”

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“O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”

Then I said, “But Lord God, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.”

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth.”

Then said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”

“Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH! Behold, I have not known—to speak, for I am a youth.”

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am a child.

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”

And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known — to speak, for I am a youth.'

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 God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. [Exod. 4:10; 6:12, 30; I Kings 3:7.]

Then said I, Oh, Lord God, behold, I can not speake, for I am a childe.

I, Jeremiah, said, “Almighty Lord, I do not know how to speak. I am only a boy!”

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

Then I said, “But, Lord GOD, I don’t know how to speak. I am only a boy.”

I answered, ‘Lord God, I do not know how to speak. I am only a child.’

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.