Jeremiah 29:29

Good News Translation

Zephaniah read the letter to me,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The priest Zephaniah read this letter in the hearing of the prophet Jeremiah.

Hebrew Names Version
Tzefanyah the Kohen read this letter in the ears of Yirmeyahu the prophet.

King James Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

English Standard Version
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

New American Standard Bible
Now Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

New Century Version
Zephaniah the priest read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Amplified Bible
Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

World English Bible
Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Zephaniah the Priest red this letter in the eares of Ieremiah the Prophet.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Berean Standard Bible
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Contemporary English Version
When Zephaniah received Shemaiah's letter, he read it to me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Tz'fanyah the cohen read this letter to Yirmeyahu the prophet, and afterwards

Darby Translation
—And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of the prophet Jeremiah.

Easy-to-Read Version
Zephaniah the priest read the letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

George Lamsa Translation
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Lexham English Bible
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Literal Translation
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Which lettre Sophonias the prest dyd rede, and let Ieremy the prophet heare it.

American Standard Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Bible in Basic English
And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it to him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

King James Version (1611)
And Zephaniah the Priest read this letter in the eares of Ieremiah the Prophet.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which letter Sophonias the priest read, and let Ieremie the prophete heare it.

English Revised Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Sofonye, the preest, redde this book in the eeris of Jeremye, the prophete.

Update Bible Version
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

New English Translation
Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

New King James Version
Now Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

New Living Translation
But when Zephaniah the priest received Shemaiah's letter, he took it to Jeremiah and read it to him.

New Life Bible
Zephaniah the religious leader read this letter to Jeremiah the man of God.

New Revised Standard
The priest Zephaniah read this letter in the hearing of the prophet Jeremiah.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Zephaniah the priest hath read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Sophonias the priest read this letter, in the hearing of Jeremias the prophet.

Revised Standard Version
Zephani'ah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

Young's Literal Translation
And Zephaniah the priest readeth this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

THE MESSAGE
The priest Zephaniah read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.

Contextual Overview

²⁴The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, gave me a message for Shemaiah of Nehelam, who had sent a letter in his own name to all the people of Jerusalem and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests. In this letter Shemaiah wrote to Zephaniah: ²⁶ "The Lord made you a priest in place of Jehoiada, and you are now the chief officer in the Temple. It is your duty to see that every crazy person who pretends to be a prophet is placed in chains with an iron collar around the neck. ²⁷ Why haven't you done this to Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been speaking as a prophet to the people? ²⁸ He must be stopped because he told the people in Babylonia that they would be prisoners there a long time and should build houses, settle down, plant gardens, and eat what they grow." ²⁹ Zephaniah read the letter to me, ³⁰ and then the Lord told me ³¹to send to all the prisoners in Babylon this message about Shemaiah: "I, the Lord , will punish Shemaiah and all of his descendants. I did not send him, but he spoke to you as if he were a prophet, and he made you believe lies. He will have no descendants among you. He will not live to see the good things that I am going to do for my people, because he told them to rebel against me. I, the Lord , have spoken."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 29:25

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:18 - Zephaniah Jeremiah 20:3 - Magormissabib Jeremiah 52:24 - Zephaniah

Cross-References

Genesis 29:3
Whenever all the flocks came together there, the shepherds would roll the stone back and water them. Then they would put the stone back in place.

Genesis 29:8
They answered, "We can't do that until all the flocks are here and the stone has been rolled back; then we will water the flocks."

Genesis 29:24
(Laban gave his slave woman Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.)

Genesis 35:22
While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious. Jacob had twelve sons.

Genesis 35:25
The sons of Rachel's slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

Genesis 37:2
and this is the story of Jacob's family. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, took care of the sheep and goats with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's concubines. He brought bad reports to his father about what his brothers were doing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Zephaniah the priest read this letter,.... Of Shemaiah's to him, and the other priests:

in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet: whether out of good will, to let him know who were his enemies abroad; or out of ill will, to stir up the people against him; or in pretence of proceeding equitably with him; not taking him up, and punishing him before he brought the accusation and charge against him; and acquainted him who were his accusers, and what evidence there was, and heard what he had to say in his own defence whether one or the other is uncertain; however, by this means Jeremiah came to the knowledge of Shemaiah's letter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks.

Jeremiah 29:24

To Shemaiah - Rather, concerning.

The Nehelamite - Not as in the margin; but one belonging to the village of Nehlam (unknown).

Jeremiah 29:26

Officers - Deputy high priests who had the oversight of the temple.

Mad - See 2 Kings 9:11 note. Many of the symbolic actions of the prophets, such as that of Jeremiah going about with a yoke on his neck, would be mocked at by the irreverent as passing the line between prophecy and madness.

Prisons - Rather, the stocks Jeremiah 20:2.

The stocks - Rather, collar.

Jeremiah 29:28

This captivity is long - Rather, It is long. God’s anger, their punishment, the exile, the time necessary for their repentance - all is long to men who will never live to see their country again.