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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 32:16

After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch, I prayed,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Baruch;   Land;   Prayer;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Nebuchadnezzar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Private;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Witnesses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baruch;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Neriah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baruch ;   Neriah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baruch;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Witness;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Evidence;   Neriah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Restraints on Alienation;   Shabbat Naḥamu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:
Hebrew Names Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Barukh the son of Neriyah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
King James Version
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord , saying,
English Standard Version
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord , saying:
New American Standard Bible
"After giving the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
New Century Version
"After I gave the record of ownership to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord ,
Amplified Bible
"Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
World English Bible
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Now when I had deliuered the booke of the possession vnto Baruch, the sonne of Neriah, I prayed vnto the Lord, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
Contemporary English Version
Then I prayed:
Complete Jewish Bible
After giving the purchase contract to Barukh son of Neriyah, I prayed to Adonai :
Darby Translation
And after I had given the writing of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Nerijah, I prayed unto Jehovah saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
After I gave the deed to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord :
George Lamsa Translation
Now after I had given the deeds of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
Lexham English Bible
And I prayed to Yahweh—after giving my deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah—saying,
Literal Translation
And after I gave the document of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Jehovah, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now when I had delyuered the euydence vnto Baruch ye sonne of Nerias, I besought the LORDE, sayenge:
American Standard Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Now after I had given the paper to Baruch, the son of Neriah, I made my prayer to the Lord, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Now when I had deliuered the euidence of the purchase vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, I prayed vnto the Lord, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe when I had deliuered the euidence vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, I besought the Lorde, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them.
English Revised Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y preiede to the Lord, aftir that Y bitook the book of possessioun to Baruc, the sone of Nery; and Y seide, Alas!
Update Bible Version
Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Yahweh, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying,
New English Translation
"After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord ,
New King James Version
"Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:
New Living Translation
Then after I had given the papers to Baruch, I prayed to the Lord :
New Life Bible
"After I had given the agreement showing I had bought the field to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying,
New Revised Standard
After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord , saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then prayed I unto Yahweh, - after I had delivered the scroll of purchase unto Baruch son of Neriah, saying: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after I had delivered the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri, I prayed to the Lord, saying:
Revised Standard Version
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neri'ah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:
Young's Literal Translation
And I pray unto Jehovah -- after my giving the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah -- saying,
THE MESSAGE
"And then, having handed over the legal documents to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to God , ‘Dear God , my Master, you created earth and sky by your great power—by merely stretching out your arm! There is nothing you can't do. You're loyal in your steadfast love to thousands upon thousands—but you also make children live with the fallout from their parents' sins. Great and powerful God, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies, determined in purpose and relentless in following through, you see everything that men and women do and respond appropriately to the way they live, to the things they do.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying,

Contextual Overview

16 After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch, I prayed, 17 "Sovereign Lord , you made the earth and the sky by your great power and might; nothing is too difficult for you. 18 You have shown constant love to thousands, but you also punish people for the sins of their parents. You are a great and powerful God; you are the Lord Almighty. 19 You make wise plans and do mighty things; you see everything that people do, and you reward them according to their actions. 20 Long ago you performed miracles and wonders in Egypt, and you have continued to perform them to this day, both in Israel and among all the other nations, so that you are now known everywhere. 21 By means of miracles and wonders that terrified our enemies, you used your power and might to bring your people Israel out of Egypt. 22 You gave them this rich and fertile land, as you had promised their ancestors. 23 But when they came into this land and took possession of it, they did not obey your commands or live according to your teaching; they did nothing that you had ordered them to do. And so you brought all this destruction on them. 24 "The Babylonians have built siege mounds around the city to capture it, and they are attacking. War, starvation, and disease will make the city fall into their hands. You can see that all you have said has come true. 25 Yet, Sovereign Lord , you are the one who ordered me to buy the field in the presence of witnesses, even though the city is about to be captured by the Babylonians."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I Prayed: Jeremiah 12:1, Genesis 32:9-12, 2 Samuel 7:18-25, Ezekiel 36:35-37, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:7

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:12 - Baruch Jeremiah 45:1 - Baruch Romans 4:20 - staggered

Cross-References

Genesis 32:8
He thought, "If Esau comes and attacks the first group, the other may be able to escape."
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob prayed, "God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, hear me! You told me, Lord , to go back to my land and to my relatives, and you would make everything go well for me.
Genesis 32:20
You must say, ‘Yes, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" Jacob was thinking, "I will win him over with the gifts, and when I meet him, perhaps he will forgive me."
Psalms 112:5
Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.
Proverbs 2:11
Your insight and understanding will protect you
Isaiah 28:26
They know how to do their work, because God has taught them.
Matthew 10:16
"Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah,.... When he had finished his worldly business, and which yet was by a divine order, and to answer a divine purpose, then he betook himself to prayer; and it is proper we should be quite free from worldly cares and concerns when we enter upon religious duties, particularly prayer to God; when the soul ought to be separated from the world and the things of it, and wholly devoted to God:

I prayed unto the Lord; either for further information in this matter, of the use and design of buying the field; and how this part of the prophecy, signified by it, concerning the Jews buying and possessing houses and fields, can be made to agree with the other prophecy, that the city should be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans; or, at least, that he might be able to answer the cavils and objections made by the Jews to it: that he was in some puzzle, perplexity, and distress, appears by his prayer, which begins,

saying, as follows:

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 32:16. I prayed unto the Lord — And what a prayer! What weight of matter, sublimity of expression, profound veneration, just conception, Divine unction, powerful pleading, and strength of faith! Historical, without flatness; condensed, without obscurity; confessing the greatest of crimes against the most righteous of Beings, without despairing of his mercy, or presuming on his goodness: a confession that, in fact, acknowledges that God's justice should smite and destroy, had not his infinite goodness said, I will pardon and spare.


 
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