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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 36:15

the officials said, "Please sit down and read it to us," which he did.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baruch;   Jeremiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gemariah;   Jehoiakim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gemariah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baruch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elishama;   Elnathan;   Jehudi;   Jeremiah;   Neriah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baruch;   Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jehoiakim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baruch ;   Jehoiakim ;   Jehudi ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baruch;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They said to him, “Sit down and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
Hebrew Names Version
They said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Barukh read it in their ears.
King James Version
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
English Standard Version
And they said to him, "Sit down and read it." So Baruch read it to them.
New American Standard Bible
And they said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.
New Century Version
Then the officers said to Baruch, "Please sit down and read the scroll to us." So Baruch read the scroll to them.
Amplified Bible
And they said to him, "Sit down now and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.
World English Bible
They said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they saide vnto him, Sit downe now, and reade it, that we may heare. So Baruch read it in their audience.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it in our hearing." So Baruch read it in their hearing.
Berean Standard Bible
"Please sit down," they said, "and read it in our hearing." So Baruch read it in their hearing.
Complete Jewish Bible
They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." Barukh read it to them.
Darby Translation
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. And Baruch read [it] in their ears.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the officials said to Baruch, "Sit down and read the scroll to us." So Baruch read the scroll to them.
George Lamsa Translation
And the princes said to him, Sit down now and read it in our presence; so Baruch read it in their presence.
Good News Translation
"Sit down," they said, "and read the scroll to us." So Baruch did.
Lexham English Bible
And they said to him, "Sit please and read it aloud in our hearing." So Baruch read aloud in their hearing.
Literal Translation
And they said to him, Sit down now and read it in our ears. So Baruch read in their ears.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they sayde vnto him: Syt downe, and rede the boke, yt we maye heare also. So Baruch red, yt they might heare.
American Standard Version
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Bible in Basic English
Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they said unto him: 'Sit down now, and read it in our ears.' So Baruch read it in their ears.
King James Version (1611)
And they sayde vnto him, Sit downe now and read it in our eares. So Baruch read it in their eares.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they sayd vnto him: Sit downe and reade the booke, that we may heare also: So Baruch read that they might heare.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
whereas ye said, The Lord has appointed for us prophets in Babylon:
English Revised Version
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seiden to hym, Sitte thou, and rede these thingis in oure eeris; and Baruc redde in the eeris of hem.
Update Bible Version
And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read [it] in their ears.
New English Translation
They said to him, "Please sit down and read it to us." So Baruch sat down and read it to them.
New King James Version
And they said to him, "Sit down now, and read it in our hearing." So Baruch read it in their hearing.
New Living Translation
"Sit down and read the scroll to us," the officials said, and Baruch did as they requested.
New Life Bible
They told him, "Sit down and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.
New Revised Standard
And they said to him, "Sit down and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said they unto him, Sit down we pray thee and read it in our ears, So Baruch read it in their ears.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they said to him: Sit down and read these things in our hearing. And Baruch read in their hearing.
Revised Standard Version
And they said to him, "Sit down and read it." So Baruch read it to them.
Young's Literal Translation
and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,
THE MESSAGE
The officials told him, "Sit down. Read it to us, please." Baruch read it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.

Contextual Overview

11 Gemariah's son Micaiah was there and heard Baruch read what the Lord had said. 12 When Baruch finished reading, Micaiah went down to the palace. His father Gemariah was in the officials' room, meeting with the rest of the king's officials, including Elishama, Delaiah, Elnathan, and Zedekiah. 13 Micaiah told them what he had heard Baruch reading to the people. 14 Then the officials sent Jehudi and Shelemiah to tell Baruch, "Bring us that scroll." When Baruch arrived with the scroll, 15 the officials said, "Please sit down and read it to us," which he did. 16 After they heard what was written on the scroll, they were worried and said to each other, "The king needs to hear this!" Turning to Baruch, they asked, 17 "Did someone tell you what to write on this scroll?" 18 "Yes, Jeremiah did," Baruch replied. "I wrote down just what he told me." 19 The officials said, "You and Jeremiah must go into hiding, and don't tell anyone where you are."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and read: Jeremiah 36:21

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:10 - Shaphan

Cross-References

Genesis 36:4
Esau and his three wives had five sons while in Canaan. Adah's son was Eliphaz; Basemath's son was Reuel; Oholibamah's three sons were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Genesis 36:18
The clans that descended from Esau and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Exodus 15:15
The leaders of Edom and of Moab were terrified. Everyone in Canaan fainted,
1 Chronicles 1:45
After Jobab's death, Husham from the land of Teman became king.
Job 2:11
Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah were three of Job's friends, and they heard about his troubles. So they agreed to visit Job and comfort him.
Job 4:1
Eliphaz's First Speech Eliphaz from Teman said:
Job 21:8
Why are they allowed to see their children grow up?
Psalms 37:35
I have seen brutal people abuse others and grow strong like trees in rich soil.
Jeremiah 49:7
The Lord All-Powerful says about Edom: Wisdom and common sense have vanished from Teman. I will send disaster to punish you descendants of Esau, so anyone from Dedan had better turn around and run back home. <
Jeremiah 49:20
Listen to my plans for you, people of Edom. Your children will be dragged off and your country destroyed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said unto him, sit down now,.... Or, "pray sit down" q; they received him very courteously, and treated him with great humanity, and showed much respect to him, in beseeching him to sit down by them:

and read it in our ears; as he had done in the ears of the people, with an audible voice, clearly and distinctly, that they might be able to hear it, so as to understand it:

so Baruch read [it] in their ears; without any fear or dread, though in the king's palace, and before an assembly of princes; nor did he excuse himself on account of weariness, having just read it to the people; or upbraid the princes with not being in the temple, where they might have heard it.

q שב נא "sede quaeso", Vatablus, Schmidt.


 
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