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Jeremiah 39:15

What does Jeremiah 39:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 39:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And unto Jeremiah hath a word of Jehovah been--in his being detained in the court of the prison--saying:

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, when he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying: Go, and tell Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

Context

v.14they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home. So he dwelt among the people.

v.15This passage

v.16Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Timothy 2:9

    wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

  • Jeremiah 36:1

    And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

  • Jeremiah 39:14

    they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home. So he dwelt among the people.

  • Jeremiah 32:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

  • Jeremiah 37:21

    Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

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