Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageBut I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! I do not know how to speak — I am only a youth."
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThen I said, "Ah, Adonai YHWH! Truly, I do not know how to speak — for I am only a lad."
KJV
King James VersionThen said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
BSB
Berean Standard Bible“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
Footnotes
אֲהָהּ (*ahahh*) is a raw cry of distress and protest — not liturgical address but an anguished exclamation. נַעַר (*na'ar*) spans infant to young adult; the weight falls on inexperience and social vulnerability rather than age alone. Jeremiah's objection mirrors Moses precisely: "I am not a man of words" (Exod 4:10). In both cases YHWH does not dispute the inadequacy — He overrides it with His presence and the direct placing of words. FOG uses "lad" to signal social smallness; FOG Message uses "youth" to keep the Mosaic typological echo audible.