Jeremiah 20:15
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
*Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceIob.3.3. chap. 15.10.
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- Genesis 21:5–6Rank 1 from verse 15
5And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6¶ And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
5And Abraham was an hundred yeeres old, when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him.
6¶ And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that heare, will laugh with me.
- Jeremiah 1:5Rank 2 from verse 15
5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
5Before I *formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the wombe, I *sanctified thee, and I †ordeined thee a Prophet vnto the nations.
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Jeremiah 20:15
Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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News, report, information, announcement, or a message brought concerning something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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1. A son or daughter; an offspring or descendant. 2. A young person or infant, considered by age or development. 3. In 'with child,' pregnant or carrying an unborn child. 4. One described as belonging to, derived from, characterized by, or dependent upon another person, group, or condition.
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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.
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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
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14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day wherein my mother bare mee, be blessed.
15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
15*Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad.
Selected passage16And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
16*And let that man be as the cities which the LORD ouerthrew and repented not: and let him heare the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noonetide,