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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Jeremiah 37:4

Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him into the 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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in 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

1Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon named Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim. 2He and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. 3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, "Please pray for us to the LORD our God!" 4Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison.5Pharaoh's army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem. 6Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: 7"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of Me, 'Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, is going back to its own land of Egypt. 8Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.' 9This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, 'The Chaldeans will go away for good,' for they will not! 10Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down."

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 He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart: "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
Genesis 37:5
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Genesis 37:12
Some time later, Joseph's brothers had gone to pasture their father's flocks near Shechem.
Genesis 37:13
Israel said to him, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them." "I am ready," Joseph replied.
Genesis 37:18
Now Joseph's brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
Genesis 37:19
"Here comes that dreamer!" they said to one another.
Genesis 37:24
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with 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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