Jeremiah 20:8

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.

Bible in Basic English ☆

For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.

Darby Translation ☆

For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For I am speaking now this long time, crying out against iniquity, and I often proclaim devastation: and the word of the Lord is made a reproach to me, and a derision all the day.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For since I spake, I cryed out of wrong, and proclaimed desolation: therefore the word of the Lord was made a reproche vnto me, and in derision daily.

Noyes Bible ☆

For whenever I speak, I cry out on account of violence, And complain of oppression; For the word of Jehovah bringeth upon me reproach, And daily derision.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

For as often as I speak must I cry out, violence and wasting must I proclaim; because the word of the Lord is become unto me a disgrace, and a derision, all the time.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out, I cry: 'Violence and spoil'; because the word of the LORD is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

King James Version ☆

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; Because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, And a derision, daily.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.

Webster Bible ☆

For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily.

Revised Version ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and spoil: because the word of the LORD is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.

World English Bible ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

World English Bible Classic ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because Yahweh’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

World English Bible Updated ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

World Messianic Bible ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, “Violence and destruction!” because the LORD’s word has been made a reproach to me, and a derision, all day.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Because from the time I speak I cry out, 'Violence and destruction,' I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried chamas and destruction; because the Devar Hashem was made a cherpah (reproach) unto me, and a derision, all day long.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِأَنِّي كُلَّمَا تَكَلَّمْتُ صَرَخْتُ. نَادَيْتُ: «ظُلْمٌ وَٱغْتِصَابٌ!» لِأَنَّ كَلِمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ صَارَتْ لِي لِلْعَارِ وَلِلسُّخْرَةِ كُلَّ ٱلنَّهَارِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ကျွန်​တော်​မျိုး​သည်​ဟော​ပြော​သည့်​အ​ခါ​တိုင်း အော်​ဟစ်​၍``အ​ကြမ်း​ဖက်​မှု၊ပျက်​စီး​မှု'' ဟူ​၍ ကြွေး​ကြော်​ရ​ပါ​၏။ အို ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား၊ကျွန်​တော်​မျိုး​သည်​ကိုယ် တော်​ရှင်​၏ ဗျာ​ဒိတ်​တော်​ကို၊ပြန်​ကြား​သ​ဖြင့် ကဲ့​ရဲ့​ခြင်း​ကို​လည်း​ကောင်း၊ သ​ရော်​စော်​ကား​ပြု​ခြင်း​ကို​လည်း​ကောင်း အ​စဉ်​မ​ပြတ်​ခံ​ရ​ပါ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အကျွန်ုပ်သည် ဟော ပြောလေရာရာ၌ အနိုင် အထက် ပြုခြင်း၊ ညှဉ်းဆဲ ခြင်းအမှုကြောင့် အော်ဟစ် ၍ ကြွေးကြော် ရပါ၏။ ထာဝရဘုရား ၏ နှုတ်ကပတ် တော် သည် အကျွန်ုပ် ၌ ကဲ့ရဲ့ ခြင်း၊ အစဉ် ပြက်ပြယ် ခြင်းကိုခံ စေရာအကြောင်း ဖြစ် ပါ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Lok ka thuih kruek, athii longhaih hoi amrohaih lok to ni ka thuih; to tiah Angraeng ih lok to ka thuih pongah, ni thokkruek kai kasae thuihaih hoi pahnui thuihaih to oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka thui vawptawp van bangla kuthlahnah te ka doek tih rhoelrhanah khaw ka khue. Te dongah BOEIPA ol he kai taengah khohnin yungah kokhahnah ham neh soehsalnah ham ha thoeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ka thui vawptawp van bangla kuthlahnah te ka doek tih rhoelrhanah khaw ka khue. Te dongah BOEIPA ol he kai taengah khohnin yungah kokhahnah ham neh soehsalnah ham ha thoeng.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我每逢讲论的时候，就发出哀声， 我喊叫说：有强暴和毁灭！ 因为耶和华的话终日成了我的凌辱、讥刺。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我每逢講論的時候，就發出哀聲， 我喊叫說：有強暴和毀滅！ 因為耶和華的話終日成了我的凌辱、譏刺。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因为我每逢说话，就呼喊； 我喊叫说：“强暴和毁灭！” 因为耶和华的话终日成了我的羞辱， 成了讥笑。

Croatian Bible ☆

Jer kad god progovorim, moram vikati, naviještati moram: “Nasilje! Propast!” Doista, riječ mi Jahvina postade na ruglo i podsmijeh povazdan.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo jakž jsem začal mluviti, úpím, pro ukrutenství a zhoubu křičím; slovo zajisté Hospodinovo jest mi ku potupě a ku posměchu každého dne.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Thi så tit jeg taler, må jeg skrige, råbe: “Vold og Overfald!” Thi HERRENS Ord er mig Dagen lang til Skændsel og Spot.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Want sinds ik spreke, roep ik uit, ik roep geweld en verstoring; omdat mij des HEEREN woord den gansen dag tot smaad en tot schimp is.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Zo dikwijls ik spreek, moet ik schreeuwen, Geweld en verwoesting verkonden; Het woord van Jahweh Brengt iedere dag mij smaad en bespotting.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar de la tempo, kiam mi ekparolis, kriis pri maljusteco, vokis pri rabado, la vorto de la Eternulo fariĝis por mi kaŭzo de honto kaj de ĉiutaga mokado.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Car toutes les fois que je parle, je crie, je proclame la violence et la dévastation ; car la parole de l’ Éternel m’a été à opprobre et à moquerie tout le jour.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Car depuis que je parle, je jette des cris; je crie violence et oppression. Et la parole de l'Éternel s'est tournée pour moi en opprobre et en moquerie tout le jour.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Car toutes les fois que je parle, il faut que je crie, Que je crie à la violence et à l’oppression! Et la parole de l’Éternel est pour moi Un sujet d’opprobre et de risée chaque jour.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Car chaque fois que je parle, je crie ; je m'écrie : « Violence et destruction ! » car la parole du SEIGNEUR est devenue pour moi un sujet de honte, et une cause de dérision, tout le jour.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn so oft ich rede, muß ich schreien, Gewalttat und Zerstörung rufen; denn das Wort Jehovas ist mir zur Verhöhnung und zum Spott geworden den ganzen Tag.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn seit ich geredet, gerufen und gepredigt habe von der Plage und Verstörung, ist mir des HERRN Wort zum Hohn und Spott geworden täglich.

German Textbibel ☆

Ja, so oft ich rede, muß ich aufschreien, “Unbill und Vergewaltigung!” rufen; denn das Wort Jahwes ward für mich ein Anlaß zu steter Beschimpfung und Verspottung.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

denn sooft ich rede, muß ich Gewalttat und Zerstörung ankündigen, also daß das Wort des HERRN mir Hohn und Spott einträgt die ganze Zeit.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὅτι πικρῷ λόγῳ μου γελάσομαι, ἀθεσίαν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν ἐπικαλέσομαι, ὅτι ἐγενήθη λόγος Κυρίου εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ εἰς χλευασμὸν πᾶσαν ἡμέραν μου.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὅτι πικρῷ λόγῳ μου γελάσομαι, ἀθεσίαν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν ἐπικαλέσομαι, ὅτι ἐγενήθη λόγος Κυρίου εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐμοὶ καὶ εἰς χλευασμὸν πᾶσαν ἡμέραν μου.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Chak fwa pou m' pale se rele pou m' rele. M'ap di byen fò: Men y'ap kraze brize! Men y'ap piye! Paske lè m'ap fè konnen mesaj ou, y'ap fè m' wont, y'ap pase m' nan betiz.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, i ka wa a'u i olelo ai, uwe aku la au, a kahea aku la no hoi, he kaili wale, a me ka hao ana; no ka mea, lilo no ka olelo a Iehova, i mea e heneheneia mai ai, a i mea hoi e hoowahawahaia mai ai au i na la a pau.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י אֲדַבֵּר֙ אֶזְעָ֔ק חָמָ֥ס וָשֹׁ֖ד אֶקְרָ֑א כִּֽי־הָיָ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֥ה לִ֛י לְחֶרְפָּ֥ה וּלְקֶ֖לֶס כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי מדי אדבר אזעק חמס ושד אקרא כי היה דבר יהוה לי לחרפה ולקלס כל היום׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè, da che io parlo, sclamo, e grido violenza, ed assassinamento; imperocchè la parola del Signore mi è stata in obbrobrio, ed in ischerno tuttodì.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Poiché ogni volta ch’io parlo, grido, grido: “Violenza e saccheggio!” Sì, la parola dell’Eterno è per me un obbrobrio, uno scherno d’ogni giorno.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私が語るたびに声を上げ、 「暴虐だ、破壊だ」と叫ぶ。 主の言葉が、一日中、 私へのそしりとあざけりとなったからだ。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

대저 내가 말할때 마다 외치며 강포와 멸망을 부르짖으오니 여호와의 말씀으로 하여 내가 종일토록 치욕과 모욕거리가 됨이니이다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Pacl nukewa nga kaskas uh, yokla pusrek, Ac nga wowoyak ac fahk, “Yokna sulallal ac kunausten!” LEUM GOD, aksruksrukyeyuk nga ac angonyuk nga pacl nukewa Mweyen nga sulkakin kas lom.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quia jam olim loquor, vociferans iniquitatem, et vastitatem clamito: et factus est mihi sermo Domini in opprobrium, et in derisum tota die.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زیراهر گاه می‌خواهم تکلم نمایم ناله می‌کنم و به ظلم و غارت ندا می‌نمایم. زیرا کلام خداوند تمامی روز برای من موجب عار و استهزا گردیده است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Pois sempre que falo, eu clamo; eu grito: “Violência e destruição!” porque a palavra do SENHOR se tornou para mim uma afronta, e motivo de zombaria, o dia todo.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Pois desde que falo, grito; eu clamo violência e destruição; pois a palavra do SENHOR tem me servido de insulto e zombaria o dia todo.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Pentru că de când am vorbit, am strigat, am strigat violență și pradă; căci cuvântul DOMNULUI a fost făcut o ocară pentru mine și, zilnic, un lucru de râs.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кэч орь де кыте орь ворбеск, требуе сэ стриг: „Силничие ши апэсаре!” Аша ынкыт Кувынтул Домнулуй ымь адуче нумай окарэ ши батжокурэ тоатэ зиуа.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Ибо лишь только начну говорить я, - кричу о насилии, вопию о разорении, потому что слово Господне обратилось в поношение мне и в повседневное посмеяние.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer od kad govorim, vapim, radi nasilja i pustošenja vičem, jer mi je reč Gospodnja na porugu i na podsmeh svaki dan.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер од кад говорим, вапим, ради насиља и пустошења вичем, јер ми је реч Господња на поругу и на подсмех сваки дан.

Mashi Bible ☆

Erhi naciderha erhi kuyâma n’okuyakûza mpu: zâtula akavu, zinashûbe. Akanwa ka Nyakasane kabîrage kuli nie, igwârhiro ly’okugâywa n’okushekerwa bwaca-bwayira.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Porque desde que hablo, doy voces, grito, Violencia y destrucción: porque la palabra de Jehová me ha sido para afrenta y escarnio cada día.

Spanish BLL ☆

Cada vez que hablo, tengo que gritar; grito: “¡Violencia! ¡Destrucción!”. Por eso la palabra de Yahvé me ha traído insultos y burlas durante todo el día.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Porque cuantas veces hablo, doy voces; grito: «¡Violencia y destrucción!»; porque la palabra de Yahvé me ha sido por afrenta y por escarnio cada día.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Porque cada palabra que digo; Digo con voz fuerte: violencia y destrucción; porque la palabra del Señor ha venido a ser una afrenta para mí y una causa de burla todo el día.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Porque cuantas veces hablo, proclamo, grito: ¡Violencia y destrucción! La Palabra de Yavé resulta para mí reproche y burla todo el día.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻO kau ka lea, kuo u kalanga, kuo u kalanga, “Ko e fakamālohi mo e maumauʻi;” koeʻuhi kuo ngaohi ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova ko e meʻa ongoongo kovi kiate au, pea ko e manukiʻanga, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Бо скоро тілько зачну говорити, зараз мушу кричати про напад, про спустошеннє, і так слово Господнє зробилось про мене приводом до наруги й насьмїху.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Бо скоро тілько зачну говорити, зараз мушу кричати про напад, про спустошеннє, і так слово Господнє зробилось про мене приводом до наруги й насьмїху.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Mỗi lần tôi nói thì cất tiếng kêu la; tôi kêu rằng: Bạo ngược và hủy diệt! Vì lời của Đức Giê-hô-va làm cho tôi cả ngày bị sỉ nhục chê cười.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י אֲדַבֵּר֙ אֶזְעָ֔ק חָמָ֥ס וָשֹׁ֖ד אֶקְרָ֑א כִּֽי־הָיָ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֥ה לִ֛י לְחֶרְפָּ֥ה וּלְקֶ֖לֶס כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃