Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For Jeremiah came to the house of the pit, and to the vaults, and Jeremiah sat 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,
King James 2000
When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Jeremiah came to the {dungeon}, even to the vaulted cells, and Jeremiah stayed 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 chiefs will be angry against Jeremiah and they struck him, and gave him to the house of bonds the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they made it for a house of prison. 16 For Jeremiah came to the house of the pit, and to the vaults, and Jeremiah sat there many days. 17 And king Zedekiah will send and take him, and the king will ask him in his house in secret, and say, Is there a word from Jehovah? and Jeremiah will say, There is: and he will say, Into the hand of the king of Babel shalt thou be given.
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
And they will take Jeremiah and send him to the pit of Malchiah son of the king which was in the enclosure of the prison: and they will cast Jeremiah with cords, and in the pit no water but mud: and Jeremiah will sink in the mud.
Jeremiah 38:10-13
And the king will command the king's servant the Cushite, saying, Take in thy hand from here thirty men, and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the pit before he shall die.
Genesis 40:15
For by stealing, I was stolen from the land Of the Hebrews: and also here, I have not done anything that they put me in the pit
Lamentations 3:53
They cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone upon me.
Lamentations 3:55
I called thy name, O Jehovah, in the pit underneath.