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Literal Standard Version

Jeremiah 37:12

that Jeremiah goes out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion there in the midst of the people.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Prison, Prisoners;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Pharaoh;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Zedekiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
Hebrew Names Version
then Yirmeyahu went forth out of Yerushalayim to go into the land of Binyamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
King James Version
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
English Standard Version
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.
New American Standard Bible
that Jeremiah left Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among the people.
New Century Version
Now Jeremiah tried to travel from Jerusalem to the land of Benjamin to get his share of the property that belonged to his family.
Amplified Bible
that Jeremiah left Jerusalem [during the withdrawal of the Chaldean invaders] to go to [Anathoth, his hometown, in] the land of Benjamin to take possession of [the title to] the land [which he had purchased] there among the people.
World English Bible
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ieremiah went out of Ierusalem to goe into the land of Beniamin, separating himselfe thence from among the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to obtain his portion of some property there among the people.
Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
Contemporary English Version
So I decided to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of the Benjamin tribe to claim my share of my family's land.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yirmeyahu left Yerushalayim to go to the territory of Binyamin to receive his share of an inheritance there. He was passing through the crowds
Darby Translation
that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to have his portion there among the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jeremiah wanted to travel from Jerusalem to the land of Benjamin. He wanted to be there for a division of some property that belonged to his family.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to divide a portion of property there with the people.
Good News Translation
So I started to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of my share of the family property.
Lexham English Bible
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive a portion from there in the midst of the people.
Literal Translation
then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem, to go into the land of Benjamin to receive a portion from there in the midst of the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ieremy went out of Ierusale towarde the lode of Ben Iamin, to do certayne busynesse there amoge ye people.
American Standard Version
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
Bible in Basic English
Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
King James Version (1611)
Then Ieremiah went forth out of Ierusalem to goe into the lande of Beniamin, to separate himselfe thence in the mids of the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ieremie went out of Hierusalem towarde the lande of Beniamin, to get hym from among the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord; I have brought on thee destruction; thy stroke is painful.
English Revised Version
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
to go in to the lond of Beniamyn, and to departe there the possessioun in the siyt of citeseyns.
Update Bible Version
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
New English Translation
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there.
New King James Version
that Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to claim his property there among the people.
New Living Translation
Jeremiah started to leave the city on his way to the territory of Benjamin, to claim his share of the property among his relatives there.
New Life Bible
And so Jeremiah left Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to take his land there among the people.
New Revised Standard
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his share of property among the people there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then went forth Jeremiah out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, - to receive a portion from thence in the midst of the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-11) Jeremias went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin: and to divide a possession there in the presence of the citizens,
Revised Standard Version
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.
Young's Literal Translation
that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among the people.

Contextual Overview

11And it has come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh, 12that Jeremiah goes out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion there in the midst of the people.13And it comes to pass, he is at the Gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward, and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he catches Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are defecting to the Chaldeans!" 14And Jeremiah says, "Falsehood! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans"; and he has not listened to him, and Irijah lays hold on Jeremiah, and brings him to the heads, 15and the heads are angry against Jeremiah, and have struck him, and put him in the prison-house—the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it for a prison-house. 16When Jeremiah has entered into the house of the dungeon, and to the cells, then Jeremiah dwells there many days, 17and King Zedekiah sends, and takes him, and the king asks him in his house in secret, and says, "Is there a word from YHWH?" And Jeremiah says, "There is," and he says, "You are given into the hand of the king of Babylon." 18And Jeremiah says to King Zedekiah, "What have I sinned against you, and against your servants, and against this people, that you have put me into a prison-house? 19And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land? 20And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not cause me to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I do not die there."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

went: 1 Kings 19:3, 1 Kings 19:9, Nehemiah 6:11, Matthew 10:23, 1 Thessalonians 5:22

the land: Jeremiah 1:1, Joshua 21:17, Joshua 21:18, 1 Chronicles 6:60

separate himself thence: or, slip away from thence

Reciprocal: Psalms 55:7 - General Matthew 24:16 - General Luke 21:21 - and let them

Cross-References

Genesis 33:18
And Jacob comes safe [to the] city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encamps before the city,
Genesis 37:1
And Jacob dwells in the land of his father's sojournings—in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 37:25
And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:31
And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem,.... At least he attempted to do so, taking the opportunity of the siege of the city being broke up: what were his reasons for it are not certain; whether that he might not be put into prison, which he might fear for what he had just prophesied of concerning the return of the Chaldean army, that should take the city, and burn it; or to save himself from the destruction which he was sure would come upon it; or because he found he could do no good by his preaching and prophesying in it: however his view was

to go into the land of Benjamin; his native country, the tribe he belonged to; and very likely to Anathoth in that tribe, where he was born, and had lived. Josephus e is express for it, which he says was twenty furlongs from Jerusalem:

to separate himself thence in the midst of the people: or, "to slip away thence in the midst of the people" f; the siege being raised, the people that had fled to Jerusalem for safety crowded out again to go into their own countries, which the prophet thought to take the advantage of, and slip away in a crowd unobserved; though the words may be rendered, "to take part from thence in the midst of the people" g; either to take part of the spoil left there by the Chaldean army; or with the priests there, of what belonged to them, of whose number he was, Jeremiah 1:1. The Targum is,

"to divide an inheritance which he had there in the midst of the people;''

and to the same sense are the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions h.

e Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 3. f לחלק משם בתוך העם "ad lubrificandum seipsum", Montanus; "ad delabendum", Junius Tremellius "elabendo", Piscator; "ut subduecret se", Grotius. g "Ut partem acciperet ibi in medio populi", Schmidt. h Vid. Gloss. in T. Bab. Sota, fol. 42. 1. & Pesikta apud Yalkut in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To separate himself thence ... - To receive a share thence. When the siege was temporarily raised, the first object would be food, and, accordingly, Jeremiah accompanied by others, who, like himself, had a right to share in the produce of the priests’ lands at Anathoth, started there to see whether any stores remained which might be available for their common use.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:12. Jeremiah went forth — At the time that Nebuchadnezzar had raised the siege, and gone to meet the Egyptian army.

Go into the land of Benjamin — To Anathoth, his native city.

To separate himself thence — "To receive a portion thereof among the people;" - Blayney: who supposes that Jeremiah went to receive a portion of the proceeds of his patrimony at Anathoth, which had, previously to the siege, been in the hands of the Chaldeans. The siege being now raised, he thought of looking thus after his own affairs. The Chaldee is to the same sense. "He went that he might divide the inheritance which he had there among the people."

Dahler translates, 'He went to withdraw himself from the siege, as many others of the inhabitants." I believe he went to withdraw himself from a city devoted to destruction, and in which he could no longer do any good.


 
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