Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus was Jeremiah put into the dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long time.
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;
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.
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 Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, causing him to be beaten, and to be laid in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe. For he was the ruler of the prison. 16 Thus was Jeremiah put into the dungeon and prison, and so lay there a long time. 17 Then Zedekiah the king sent for him and called him, and asked him quietly in his own house, saying, "Thinkest thou this business, that now is in hand, cometh of the LORD?" Jeremiah answered, "Yea, that it doth: and thou, said he, shalt be delivered in to the king of Babylon's power."
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that dwelt in the fore entry of the prison. And they let down Jeremiah with cords into a dungeon, where there was no water, but mire.
Jeremiah 38:10-13
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian and said, "Take from hence thirty men whom thou wilt, and draw up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die."
Genesis 40:15
for I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing at all wherefore they should have put me into this dungeon."
Lamentations 3:53
They have put down my life into a pit, and laid a stone upon me.
Lamentations 3:55
{Kuf} I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the deep pit.