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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.
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.'
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
and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came—that was the first day.
Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"—and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.
Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"—and it was done.
So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.
Evening passed and morning came—that was the third day.
Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;
Then God commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds."
He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.
Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small."
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!"
