Jeremiah 20

NET

Jeremiah Seeks God's Help as His Ministry is Rejected

7 Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me.


Darby

Jeremiah Seeks God's Help as His Ministry is Rejected

7 Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.


KJV

Jeremiah Seeks God's Help as His Ministry is Rejected

7 O LORD, thou hast deceivedK5188me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.


KJV Bible Notes

deceived: Or, enticed.