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Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 37:6

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Egyptians;   Pharaoh;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Zedekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Jubilee;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Pharaoh;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Egypt;   Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Nations;   Pharaoh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Pharaoh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zedeki'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah:
Hebrew Names Version
Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Yirmeyahu, saying,
King James Version
Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah the prophet:
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah:
World English Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the worde of the Lord vnto the Prophet Ieremiah, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me to send them back to Zedekiah with this message: Zedekiah, you wanted Jeremiah to ask me, the Lord )God of Israel, what is going to happen. So I will tell you. The king of Egypt and his army came to your rescue, but soon they will go back to Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then this word of Adonai came to the prophet Yirmeyahu:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
This message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:
George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the Lord , the God of Israel, told me
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy the prophet, sayege:
American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then came the word of the Lord vnto the Prophet Ieremiah, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto the prophete Ieremie, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Enquire, and see if a male has born a child? and ask concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and look for safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; their faces are turned to paleness.
English Revised Version
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete,
Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah:
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the man of God, saying,
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-5) And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
THE MESSAGE
Then Jeremiah the prophet received this Message from God : "I, the God of Israel, want you to give this Message to the king of Judah, who has just sent you to me to find out what he should do. Tell him, ‘Get this: Pharaoh's army, which is on its way to help you, isn't going to stick it out. No sooner will they get here than they'll leave and go home to Egypt. And then the Babylonians will come back and resume their attack, capture this city and burn it to the ground. I, God , am telling you: Don't kid yourselves, reassuring one another, "The Babylonians will leave in a few days." I tell you, they aren't leaving. Why, even if you defeated the entire attacking Chaldean army and all that was left were a few wounded soldiers in their tents, the wounded would still do the job and burn this city to the ground.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And reign doth king Zedekiah son of Josiah instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah, 2 and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. 3 And Zedekiah the king sendeth Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Pray, we beseech thee, for us unto Jehovah our God.' 4 And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house), 5 and the force of Pharaoh hath come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against Jerusalem, hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem. 6 And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying: 7 `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending you unto Me, to seek Me: Lo, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land, to Egypt, 8 and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire. 9 `Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go; 10 for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men -- each in his tent -- they rise, and have burnt this city with fire.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:3 - Behold Jeremiah 32:24 - the city is

Cross-References

Genesis 44:18
And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.
Judges 9:7
and they declare [it] to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, `Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord unto the Prophet Jeremiah,.... At the time when the messengers came to him from the king to pray for them; for Jeremiah 37:4 are to be included in a parenthesis:

saying; as follows: which is an answer to the messengers.


 
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