Jeremiah 20:7
You have deceived me, O Lord, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
Note was deceived: or, was enticed
Lord, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.
O Jehovah, thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, every one mocketh me.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- deceived
- or, enticed.
- Jeremiah 1:6–8, 18, 19; Jeremiah 15:18; Jeremiah 17:16; Exodus 5:22, 23; Numbers 11:11–15
- thou art
- Jeremiah 20:9; Ezekiel 3:14; Micah 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9:6
- I am
- Jeremiah 15:10; Jeremiah 29:26; 2 Kings 2:23; Psalm 22:6, 7; Psalm 35:15, 16; Psalm 69:9–12; Lamentations 3:14; Hosea 9:7; Luke 16:14; Luke 22:63, 64; Luke 23:11, 35, 36; Acts 17:18, 32; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; Hebrews 11:36