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Jeremiah 37:4

(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Pharaoh;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Jeremiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Pharaoh;   Prison;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Punishment;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zedekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Siege;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Nebuchadnezzar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks among the people, for he had not yet been put into the prison.
Hebrew Names Version
Now Yirmeyahu came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
King James Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
English Standard Version
Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
New American Standard Bible
Now Jeremiah was still coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
New Century Version
At that time Jeremiah had not yet been put into prison. So he was free to go anywhere he wanted.
Amplified Bible
Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not [yet] put him in prison.
World English Bible
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(Now Ieremiah went in & out among the people: for they had not put him into the prison.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people; they had not yet put him in the prison.
Berean Standard Bible
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison.
Complete Jewish Bible
At that time Yirmeyahu was mixing freely with the people, because they had not yet put him in prison.
Darby Translation
And Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Easy-to-Read Version
At that time Jeremiah had not yet been put into prison, so he was free to go anywhere he wanted.
George Lamsa Translation
Now Jeremiah was free, going out and coming in among the people; for they had not yet put him in prison.
Good News Translation
I had not yet been put in prison and was still moving about freely among the people.
Lexham English Bible
Now Jeremiah was coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him in the house of imprisonment.
Literal Translation
And Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now Ieremy walked fre amonge the people at that tyme, and was not put in preson as yet.
American Standard Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
King James Version (1611)
Nowe Ieremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe Ieremie walked free among the people at that tyme, and was not put in prison as yet.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
AND THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDA;
English Revised Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Jeremye yede freli in the myddis of the puple; for thei hadden not sente hym in to the kepyng of the prisoun.
Update Bible Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
New English Translation
(Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.
New King James Version
Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
New Living Translation
Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased.
New Life Bible
Now Jeremiah was still free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
New Revised Standard
Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, Jeremiah, was coming in and going out in the midst of the people, for they had not put him into prison.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Jeremias walked freely in the midst of the people: for they had not as yet cast him into prison.
Revised Standard Version
Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
THE MESSAGE
Jeremiah was still moving about freely among the people in those days. This was before he had been put in jail. Pharaoh's army was marching up from Egypt. The Chaldeans fighting against Jerusalem heard that the Egyptians were coming and pulled back.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people, for they had not yet put him in the prison.

Contextual Overview

1 And Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, became king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah. 2 But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us. 4 (Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison. 5 And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.) 6 Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land. 8 And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire. 9 The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away. 10 For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for: Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 32:3

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 38:1 - Jucal

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
Genesis 37:3
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
Genesis 37:5
Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.
Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
Genesis 37:12
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Genesis 37:18
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
Genesis 37:19
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
Genesis 37:24
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people,.... Was at full liberty, and could go out of the city, and come in, when he pleased; or go into any part of it, and converse with the people, and prophesy to them; which he could not do in the latter part of Jehoiakim's reign, who sent persons after him and Baruch to take them, and they were obliged to hide themselves, yea, the Lord hid them,

Jeremiah 36:19; but now he was under no restraint, as least as yet:

for they had not put him into prison; not yet; they afterwards did,

Jeremiah 37:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:4. Now Jeremiah came in and went out — After the siege was raised, he had a measure of liberty; he was not closely confined, as he afterwards was. See Jeremiah 37:16.


 
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