Jeremiah 1:6 - Modern English Version

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Truly, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”

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

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. [Exod. 4:10; 6:12, 30; I Kings 3:7.]

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

“Ah, LORD God,” I said, “I don’t know how to speak because I’m only a child.”

And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am a boy."