Jeremiah 8:18
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
KJV
Dolor meus super dolorem, in me cor meum mœrens.
Vulgate
ἀνίατα μετ’ ὀδύνης, καρδίας ὑμῶν ἀπορουμένης.
LXX
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
ASV
מַבְלִ֥יגִיתִ֖/י עֲלֵ֣י יָג֑וֹן עָלַ֖/י לִבִּ֥/י דַוָּֽי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דַוָּֽי
dvy
adjective · 3×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
pronoun · 1×
יָג֖וֹן
ygvn
noun · 14×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 22:4 — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
- Jer 6:24 — We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
- John 14:1 — Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- Lam 1:16 — For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
- Lam 1:22 — Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
- Lam 5:17 — For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
- Ps 13:2 — How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?