ASV Byzantine Text
And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord, or whereunto was I born? or why was not my mother’s womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Amah loh kai taengah, “Na coeng moenih,” a ti. Te dongah, “Ka Boeipa balae tih? Me vaengah lae ka thang? Balae tih a nu bung he kai ham tah phuel la a poeh pawh? Jakob kah phacipphabaem neh Israel pilnam kah a tawnba he ka pawt palueng mako?” ka ti nah.
King James Version + Apocrypha
And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord? whereunto was I born then? or why was not my mother’s womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord? whereunto was I born then? or why was not my mother’s womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
Revised Version
And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord, or whereunto was I born? or why was not my mother’s womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Il m'a dit : « Tu ne peux pas. » Et j'ai dit : « Pourquoi, Seigneur ? Pourquoi suis-je né ? Pourquoi le ventre de ma mère n'a-t-il pas été ma tombe, afin que je n'aie pas vu les douleurs de Jacob et les fatigues du peuple d'Israël ? »
Spanish BLL
Me contestó: “Ni le busques, no vas a poder”. Y le pregunté: “¿Y por qué no, Señor? ¿Entonces para qué nací? Mejor me hubiera quedado muerto en la panza de mi mamá, así no me habría tocado ver cómo sufre Jacob, ni todo lo que le toca aguantar a la gente de Israel”.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Me dijo: «No puedes». Y dije: «¿Por qué, Señor? ¿Por qué he nacido? ¿Por qué el vientre de mi madre no fue mi tumba, para no haber visto los dolores de parto de Jacob, y el cansancio del pueblo de Israel?»
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
He said to me, “You can’t.” And I said, “Why, Lord? Why was I born? Why wasn’t my mother’s womb my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the people of Israel?”
World English Bible Classic
He said to me, “You can’t.” And I said, “Why, Lord? Why was I born? Why wasn’t my mother’s womb my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the people of Israel?”
World English Bible Updated
He said to me, “You can’t.” And I said, “Why, Lord? Why was I born? Why wasn’t my mother’s womb my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the people of Israel?”