Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Jeremiah came to the {dungeon}, even to the vaulted cells, and Jeremiah stayed there many days.
New American Standard Bible
For Jeremiah had come into the
King James Version
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Holman Bible
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon
International Standard Version
So Jeremiah came into the cells in the dungeon and remained there for a long time.
A Conservative Version
When Jeremiah came into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
American Standard Version
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Amplified
When Jeremiah had come into
Bible in Basic English
So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.
Darby Translation
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
Julia Smith Translation
For Jeremiah came to the house of the pit, and to the vaults, and Jeremiah sat there many days.
King James 2000
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Modern King James verseion
When Jeremiah had entered into the house of the pit, and into the cells, then Jeremiah remained there many days.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus was Jeremiah put into the dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long time.
NET Bible
So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.
New Heart English Bible
When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
The Emphasized Bible
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon-house and into the cells, and Jeremiah, had remained there many days,
Webster
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
World English Bible
When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Youngs Literal Translation
When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,
Themes
Christian ministers » Faithful » Jeremiah
Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Prisons » Keepers of » Often used severity
Prophets » The jews » Often imprisoned them
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Imprisons jeremiah on account of his denunciations
Interlinear
Bayith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 37:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah Is Arrested And Put In Prison
15 And the officials were angry at Jeremiah and they struck him. And they put him [in] {prison}, [in] the house of Jonathan the secretary, for they had converted it to the {prison}. 16 So Jeremiah came to the {dungeon}, even to the vaulted cells, and Jeremiah stayed there many days. 17 Then King Zedekiah sent and fetched him. And the king questioned him in secrecy in his house, and he said, "Is there a word from Yahweh?" And Jeremiah said, "There is." And he said, "You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon."
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit [of] Malchiah, the son of the king, which [was] in the courtyard of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down by ropes. Now in the pit there was no water, {but only} mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Jeremiah 38:10-13
Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, {saying}, "Take {with you} these thirty men and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the pit {before} he dies."
Genesis 40:15
For I was surely kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me in this pit."
Lamentations 3:53
{They have silenced me in a pit}, they have thrown a stone at me.
Lamentations 3:55
I have called your name, O Yahweh, from the depths of the pit.