Jeremiah 20:8-9

New International Version

⁸Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.^(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach^(B) all day long.
⁹But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”^(C)
his word is in my heart like a fire,^(D)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;^(E)
    indeed, I cannot.

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Jeremiah 20:8-9

King James Version

⁸For 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.

⁹Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

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Jeremiah 20:8-9

New King James Version

⁸For when I spoke, I cried out;
^(A)I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily.
⁹Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a ^(B)burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And ^(C)I could not.

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Jeremiah 20:8-9

English Standard Version

⁸For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, ^(A)“Violence and destruction!”
For ^(B)the word of the Lord has become for me
    ^(C)a reproach and ^(D)derision all day long.
⁹If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
^(E)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and ^(F)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.