Jeremiah 26:17

Bible in Basic English

Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to all the assembled people,

Hebrew Names Version
Then rose up certain of the Zakenim of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

King James Version
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

English Standard Version
And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

New Century Version
Then some of the elders of Judah stood up and said to all the people,

Amplified Bible
Then some of the elders of the land stood up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

World English Bible
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then rose vp certaine of the Elders of the lande, and spake to all the assemblie of the people, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,

Contemporary English Version
Then some of the leaders from other towns stepped forward. They told the crowd that

Complete Jewish Bible
At this point some of the leaders of the land stood up and addressed all the people assembled:

Darby Translation
And there rose up certain of the elders of the land and spoke to all the congregation of the people, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then some of the elders stood up and spoke to all the people.

George Lamsa Translation
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Good News Translation
After that, some of the elders stood up and said to the people who had gathered,

Lexham English Bible
Then men from the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Literal Translation
Then some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The Elders also of the londe stode vp, & sayde thus vnto all the people:

American Standard Version
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Then rose vp certaine of the Elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The elders also of the lande stoode vp, and sayde thus vnto all the people.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Call ye the name of Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, Saon esbeie moed.

English Revised Version
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor men of the eldere men of the lond rysiden vp, and seiden to al the cumpanye of the puple,

Update Bible Version
Then certain of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then arose certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

New English Translation
Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said,

New King James Version
Then certain of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:

New Living Translation
Then some of the wise old men stood and spoke to all the people assembled there.

New Life Bible
Then some of the leaders of the land stood up and said to all the people who had gathered,

New Revised Standard
And some of the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembled people,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then rose up men from among the elders of the land, and spake unto all the convocation of the people saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of the ancients of the land rose up: and they spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And certain of the elders of the land arose and spoke to all the assembled people, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,

THE MESSAGE
Then some of the respected leaders stood up and addressed the crowd: "In the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah, Micah of Moresheth preached to the people of Judah this sermon: This is God -of-the-Angel-Armies' Message for you: "‘Because of people like you, Zion will be turned back into farmland, Jerusalem end up as a pile of rubble, and instead of the Temple on the mountain, a few scraggly scrub pines.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Then the rulers and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, It is not right for this man to be put to death: for he has said words to us in the name of the Lord our God. ¹⁷ Then some of the responsible men of the land got up and said to all the meeting of the people, ¹⁸ Micah the Morashtite, who was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, said to all the people of Judah, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Zion will become like a ploughed field, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the woodland. ¹⁹ Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves. ²⁰ And there was another man who was a prophet of the Lord, Uriah, the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; he said against this town and against this land all the words which Jeremiah had said: ²¹ And when his words came to the ears of Jehoiakim the king and all his men of war and his captains, the king would have put him to death; but Uriah, hearing of it, was full of fear and went in flight into Egypt: ²² And Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan, the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt. ²³ And they took Uriah out of Egypt and came back with him to Jehoiakim the king; who put him to death with the sword, and had his dead body put into the resting-place of the bodies of the common people. ²⁴ But Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, gave Jeremiah his help, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to be put to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Then rose: Micah 1:1, Acts 5:34

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 19:1 - the ancients of the people Jeremiah 26:10 - the princes

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land,.... The same with the princes; some of the court, who rose up as advocates for the prophet:

and spake to all the assembly of the people: to justify the vote of the court, and to confirm the people in a good opinion of it, by giving them examples and instances of the like kind:

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The elders of the land - The heads and spokesmen of the congregation, who added their approval after the princes who represented the king had given their decision.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 26:17. Certain of the elders — This is really a fine defense, and the argument was perfectly conclusive. Some think that it was Ahikam who undertook the prophet's defence.