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Jeremiah 1:6

World English Bible

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

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Jeremiah 1:6 in other translations

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

Jeremiah 1:6 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 1:6 in context

  1. 4Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
  2. 5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
    Before you were born, I sanctified you.
    I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
  3. 6Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
  4. 7But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
  5. 8Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.