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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Jeremiah 37:4

Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people, for they had not yet put him in the prison.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Pharaoh;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Jeremiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Pharaoh;   Prison;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Punishment;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zedekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Siege;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Nebuchadnezzar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks among the people, for he had not yet been put into the prison.
Hebrew Names Version
Now Yirmeyahu came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
King James Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
English Standard Version
Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
New American Standard Bible
Now Jeremiah was still coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
New Century Version
At that time Jeremiah had not yet been put into prison. So he was free to go anywhere he wanted.
Amplified Bible
Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not [yet] put him in prison.
World English Bible
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Geneva Bible (1587)
(Now Ieremiah went in & out among the people: for they had not put him into the prison.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people; they had not yet put him in the prison.
Berean Standard Bible
Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison.
Complete Jewish Bible
At that time Yirmeyahu was mixing freely with the people, because they had not yet put him in prison.
Darby Translation
And Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Easy-to-Read Version
At that time Jeremiah had not yet been put into prison, so he was free to go anywhere he wanted.
George Lamsa Translation
Now Jeremiah was free, going out and coming in among the people; for they had not yet put him in prison.
Good News Translation
I had not yet been put in prison and was still moving about freely among the people.
Lexham English Bible
Now Jeremiah was coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him in the house of imprisonment.
Literal Translation
And Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now Ieremy walked fre amonge the people at that tyme, and was not put in preson as yet.
American Standard Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Bible in Basic English
(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
King James Version (1611)
Nowe Ieremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe Ieremie walked free among the people at that tyme, and was not put in prison as yet.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
AND THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDA;
English Revised Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Jeremye yede freli in the myddis of the puple; for thei hadden not sente hym in to the kepyng of the prisoun.
Update Bible Version
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
New English Translation
(Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.
New King James Version
Now Jeremiah was coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
New Living Translation
Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased.
New Life Bible
Now Jeremiah was still free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
New Revised Standard
Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, Jeremiah, was coming in and going out in the midst of the people, for they had not put him into prison.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now Jeremias walked freely in the midst of the people: for they had not as yet cast him into prison.
Revised Standard Version
Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house),
THE MESSAGE
Jeremiah was still moving about freely among the people in those days. This was before he had been put in jail. Pharaoh's army was marching up from Egypt. The Chaldeans fighting against Jerusalem heard that the Egyptians were coming and pulled back.

Contextual Overview

1 Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. 2 But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. 3 Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf." 4 Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people, for they had not yet put him in the prison.5 Meanwhile, Pharaoh's army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem. 6 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 7 "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: "Behold, Pharaoh's army which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt. 8 "The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire."' 9 "Thus says the LORD, 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go. 10 'For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

for: Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 32:3

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 38:1 - Jucal

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic.
Genesis 37:5
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
Genesis 37:11
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
Genesis 37:12
Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem.
Genesis 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I will go."
Genesis 37:18
When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
Genesis 37:19
They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer!
Genesis 37:24
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people,.... Was at full liberty, and could go out of the city, and come in, when he pleased; or go into any part of it, and converse with the people, and prophesy to them; which he could not do in the latter part of Jehoiakim's reign, who sent persons after him and Baruch to take them, and they were obliged to hide themselves, yea, the Lord hid them,

Jeremiah 36:19; but now he was under no restraint, as least as yet:

for they had not put him into prison; not yet; they afterwards did,

Jeremiah 37:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 37:4. Now Jeremiah came in and went out — After the siege was raised, he had a measure of liberty; he was not closely confined, as he afterwards was. See Jeremiah 37:16.


 
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