Isaiæ 26:17

Nova Vulgata

Surrexerunt ergo viri de senioribus terrae et dixerunt ad omnem coetum populi loquentes:

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Sicut quæ concipit, cum appropinquaverit ad partum, dolens clamat in doloribus suis, sic facti sumus a facie tua, Domine.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Surrexerunt ergo viri de senioribus terræ, et dixerunt ad omnem cœtum populi, loquentes:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Then rose: Micah 1:1, Acts 5:34

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 19:1 - the ancients of the people Jeremiah 26:10 - the princes

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land,.... The same with the princes; some of the court, who rose up as advocates for the prophet:

and spake to all the assembly of the people: to justify the vote of the court, and to confirm the people in a good opinion of it, by giving them examples and instances of the like kind:

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The elders of the land - The heads and spokesmen of the congregation, who added their approval after the princes who represented the king had given their decision.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 26:17. Certain of the elders — This is really a fine defense, and the argument was perfectly conclusive. Some think that it was Ahikam who undertook the prophet's defence.