Jeremiah 37:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.”
Jeremiah 37:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 37:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 37:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.”
Jeremiah 37:15 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 37:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison. ”
Jeremiah 37:15 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 37:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house--the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.”
Jeremiah 37:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 37:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. ”
Jeremiah 37:15 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 37:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore the princes were angry with Ieremiah, and smote him, and layde him in prison in the house of Iehonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.”
Jeremiah 37:15 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 37:15 in Context — Jeremiah 37
13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
What Does Jeremiah 37:15 Mean?
Jeremiah 37:15 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 37. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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