Jeremiah 20:17
Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
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English Standard Version
because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb forever great.
New International Version
For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever.
Catholic Public Domain Version
So let him be, who did not put me to death from the womb, so that my mother would have been my sepulcher, and her womb would have been my eternal resting place