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Jeremiah 1:6

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

Then said {H559} I, Ah {H162}, Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}! behold, I cannot {H3045} speak {H1696}: for I am a child {H5288}.

I said, "Oh, Adonai ELOHIM, I don't even know how to speak! I'm just a child!"

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”

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

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 4:10 (8 votes)

    ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

  • Exodus 4:16 (8 votes)

    And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

  • Exodus 6:12 (8 votes)

    And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who [am] of uncircumcised lips?

  • 1 Kings 3:7 (6 votes)

    And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I [am but] a little child: I know not [how] to go out or come in.

  • 1 Kings 3:9 (6 votes)

    Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

  • Jeremiah 32:17 (6 votes)

    Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, [and] there is nothing too hard for thee:

  • Exodus 6:30 (5 votes)

    And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?