Jeremiah 37:18

Contemporary English Version

Then I continued, "Your Majesty, why have you put me in prison? Have I committed a crime against you or your officials or the nation?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people that you have put me in prison?

Hebrew Names Version
Moreover Yirmeyahu said to king Tzidkiyahu, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

King James Version
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

English Standard Version
Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, "What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?

New American Standard Bible
Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "In what way have I sinned against you, or your servants, or this people, that you have put me in prison?

New Century Version
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "What crime have I done against you or your officers or the people of Jerusalem? Why have you thrown me into prison?

Amplified Bible
Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "In what way have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

World English Bible
Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer, Ieremiah sayd vnto King Zedekiah, What haue I offended against thee, or against thy seruants, or against this people, that ye haue put me in prison?

Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "In what way have I sinned against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?

Complete Jewish Bible
Yirmeyahu asked King Tzidkiyahu, "In what way have I sinned against you or against your officials or against this people, that has caused you to put me in prison?

Darby Translation
And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in the prison?

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "What have I done wrong? What crime have I done against you or your officials or the people of Jerusalem? Why have you thrown me into prison?

George Lamsa Translation
Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What offence have I done against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me into prison?

Good News Translation
Then I asked, "What crime have I committed against you or your officials or this people, to make you put me in prison?

Lexham English Bible
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "What did I do wrong to you, or to your servants, or to this people, that you have put me in prison?

Literal Translation
And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me into the prison house?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Morouer, Ieremy sayde vnto kynge Sedechias: What haue I offended agaynst ye, agaynst thy seruautes, or agaynst this people, that ye haue caused me be put in preson?

American Standard Version
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

Bible in Basic English
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah: 'Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

King James Version (1611)
Moreouer Ieremiah sayd vnto king Zedekiah, What haue I offended against thee, or against thy seruants, or against this people, that yee haue put me in prison?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Moreouer, Ieremie sayde vnto king Zedekia, What haue I offended agaynst thee, agaynst thy seruauntes, or agaynst this people, that ye haue put me in prison?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus said the Lord; Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner.

English Revised Version
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jeremye seide to Sedechie, the kyng, What haue Y synned to thee, and to thi seruauntis, and to thi puple, for thou hast sent me in to the hous of prisoun?

Update Bible Version
Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your slaves, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, In what have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

New English Translation
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison?

New King James Version
Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "What offense have I committed against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

New Living Translation
Then Jeremiah asked the king, "What crime have I committed? What have I done against you, your attendants, or the people that I should be imprisoned like this?

New Life Bible
Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, "In what way have I sinned against you or your servants, or against these people? Why have you put me in prison?

New Revised Standard
Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, "What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jeremiah said unto King Zedekiah, - What sin have I committed against thee, or against thy servants or against this people, that ye have delivered me up into prison?

Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-17) And Jeremias said to king Sedecias: In what have I offended against thee, or thy servants, or thy people, that thou hast cast me into prison?

Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah also said to King Zedeki'ah, "What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?

Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah, `What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servants, and against this people, that ye have given me unto a prison-house?

THE MESSAGE
Jeremiah continued speaking to King Zedekiah: "Can you tell me why you threw me into prison? What crime did I commit against you or your officials or this people? And tell me, whatever has become of your prophets who preached all those sermons saying that the king of Babylon would never attack you or this land? Listen to me, please, my master—my king! Please don't send me back to that dungeon in the house of Jonathan the secretary. I'll die there!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "In what way have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The Babylonian army had left because the Egyptian army was on its way to help us. ¹² So I decided to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of the Benjamin tribe to claim my share of my family's land. ¹³ I was leaving Jerusalem through Benjamin Gate, when I was stopped by Irijah, the officer in charge of the soldiers at the gate. He said, "Jeremiah, you're under arrest for trying to join the Babylonians." ¹⁴ "I'm not trying to join them!" I answered. But Irijah wouldn't listen, and he took me to the king's officials. ¹⁵They were angry and ordered the soldiers to beat me. Then I was taken to the house that belonged to Jonathan, one of the king's officials. It had been turned into a prison, and I was kept in a basement room. After I had spent a long time there, ¹⁷ King Zedekiah secretly had me brought to his palace, where he asked, "Is there any message for us from the Lord ?" "Yes, there is, Your Majesty," I replied. "The Lord is going to let the king of Babylonia capture you." ¹⁸ Then I continued, "Your Majesty, why have you put me in prison? Have I committed a crime against you or your officials or the nation? ¹⁹ Have you locked up the prophets who lied to you and said that the king of Babylonia would never attack Jerusalem? ²⁰ Please, don't send me back to that prison at Jonathan's house. If you do, I will die." ²¹ King Zedekiah had me taken to the prison cells in the courtyard of the palace guards. He told the soldiers to give me a loaf of bread from one of the bakeries every day until the city ran out of grain.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 26:19, Genesis 31:36, 1 Samuel 24:9-15, 1 Samuel 26:18-21, Proverbs 17:13, Proverbs 17:26, Daniel 6:22, John 10:32, Acts 23:1, Acts 24:16, Acts 25:8, Acts 25:11, Acts 25:25, Acts 26:31, Galatians 4:16

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 52:8 - General Lamentations 3:52 - without

Cross-References

Genesis 37:14
His father said, "Go and find out how your brothers and the sheep are doing. Then come back and let me know." So he sent him from Hebron Valley. Joseph was near Shechem

Genesis 37:15
and wandering through the fields, when a man asked, "What are you looking for?"

1 Samuel 19:1
One day, Saul told his son Jonathan and his officers to kill David. But Jonathan liked David a lot,

Psalms 31:13
I hear the crowds whisper, "Everyone is afraid!" They are plotting and scheming to murder me.

Psalms 37:12
Merciless people make plots against good people and snarl like animals,

Psalms 37:32
The wicked try to trap and kill good people,

Psalms 94:21
who gang up to murder innocent victims.

Psalms 105:25
They served the Lord , and he made the Egyptians plan hateful things against them.

Psalms 109:4
I had pity and prayed for my enemies, but their words to me were harsh and cruel.

Matthew 21:38
But when they saw the man's son, they said, "Someday he will own the vineyard. Let's kill him! Then we can have it all for ourselves."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, Jeremiah said unto King Zedekiah,.... Having this opportunity with him alone, and perhaps observing the king was melted and softened with what he had said; however, finding liberty in his own mind, he enlarges his discourse, and freely expostulates with him in the following manner:

what have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? or, "what have I sinned?" have I been guilty of treason against thee, O king? or of scandal and defamation of any of thy nobles and courtiers? have I done any injury to any of the king's subjects? has there been any falsehood in my prophecies? has not everything appeared to be true that I have spoken, concerning the coming of the Chaldeans to invade the land, and besiege the city? and concerning the return of the Chaldean army when broken up? why then should I be cast into prison, and detained there? is it not a clear case that what I have said comes from the Lord? and therefore ought not to be used in this manner.