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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: '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.'
But I said, "Hold it, Master God ! Look at me. I don't know anything. I'm only a boy!"
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
Cross-References
Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.
And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then said I, Ah, Lord God!.... The word אהה, "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 לא ידעתי דבר "uescio loqui", V. L. Munster, Vatablus, Junius Tremellius "non novi loqui", Pagninus, Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There is no resistance on Jeremiah’s part, but he shrinks back alarmed.
I cannot speak - i. e., “I cannot prophesy,” 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 Jeremiah’s 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!"
