Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And king Zedekiah will command, and they will commit Jeremiah to the enclosure of the prison, and giving to him a round of bread for the day from the street of the baker's, till all the bread was consumed out of the city. And Jeremiah dwelt in the enclosure of the prison.
New American Standard Bible
Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the
King James Version
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Holman Bible
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard.
International Standard Version
So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
A Conservative Version
Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. And they gave him a loaf of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Then King Zedekiah commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse, and a [round] loaf of bread from the bakers’ street was given to him daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guardhouse.
Bible in Basic English
Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.
Darby Translation
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. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.
King James 2000
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So King Zedekiah commanded, and they handed Jeremiah over in the courtyard of the guard, and they gave to him a round loaf of bread from the street of the bakers {every day} until the finishing of all the bread from the city. And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.
Modern King James verseion
And Zedekiah the king commanded that they should put Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him a piece of bread out of the bakers' street daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Zedekiah the king commanded to put Jeremiah in the fore entry of the prison, and daily to be given him a cake of bread of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the fore entry of the prison.
NET Bible
Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker's street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Then King Zedekiah gave command and they committed Jeremiah into the guard-court, and said that there should be given him a cake of bread daily, out of the bakers street, until all the bread out of the city should be spent, So Jeremiah remained in the guard-court.
Webster
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the bread in the city should be consumed. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.
Themes
Arts and crafts » Names of various » Bakers
Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Prisoners » Severe hardships of, mitigated
Prisons » Kinds of, mentioned » State
Prisons » Persons confined in » Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Imprisons jeremiah on account of his denunciations
Interlinear
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Nathan
Yowm
Lechem
Chuwts
Lechem
Tamam
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 37:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah Is Arrested And Put In Prison
20 And now, hear now my lord the king: my mercy shall fall now before thy face, and thou shalt not cause me to turn back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, and I shall not die there. 21 And king Zedekiah will command, and they will commit Jeremiah to the enclosure of the prison, and giving to him a round of bread for the day from the street of the baker's, till all the bread was consumed out of the city. And Jeremiah dwelt in the enclosure of the prison.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:13
And they will draw up Jeremiah with the cords, and bring him up out of the pit: and Jeremiah dwelt in the enclosure of the prison.
Jeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah dwelt in the enclosure of the prison even to the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was when Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremiah 32:2
And then the strength of the king of Babel pressed upon Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the enclosure of the prison which was in the house of the king of Judah.
Jeremiah 38:9
My lord the king, these men did evil all which they did to Jeremiah the prophet whom they cast into the pit; and he will die in his low place from the face of hunger, for no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah 52:6
In the fourth month, in the ninth to the month, and the famine will be strong in the city, and there was not bread for the people of the land.
2 Kings 25:3
In the ninth to the month and the famine will be strong in the city, and there was not bread for the people of the land.
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell upon heights: the strongholds of rocks his height: his bread was given; his waters sure.
Job 5:20
In famine he redeemed thee from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
Psalm 33:18-19
Behold, the eye of Jehovah upon those fearing him, upon those hoping for his mercy;
Deuteronomy 28:52-57
And he passed upon thee in all thy gates until the coming down of thy high and inaccessible fortresses which thou trustest in them in all thy land: and he passed upon thee in all thy gates in all thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.
1 Kings 17:4-6
And being thou shalt drink from the torrent; and I commanded the ravens to nourish thee there.
Psalm 34:9-10
Fear Jehovah, ye his holy ones; for no want to those fearing him.
Psalm 37:3
Trust in Jehovah and do good; dwell in the land and be fed with faithfulness.
Psalm 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Proverbs 16:7
The ways of a man being accepted of Jehovah also he will make his enemies friends with him.
Proverbs 21:1
Steams of waters the heart of the king, in the hand of Jehovah: upon all which he shall delight in he will turn it
Jeremiah 32:8
And Hanameel mine uncle's son will come to me according to the word of Jehovah, to the enclosure of the prison, and he will say to me, Buy now, my field, which is in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin: for to thee judgment of possession, and to thee the redemption; buy to thee, and I shall know that this is the word of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 39:14-15
And they will send and take Jeremiah from the enclosure of the prison and they will give him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to carry him forth to the house: and he will dwell in the midst of the people.
Lamentations 2:11-12
Mine eyes failed with tears, my bowels were in a ferment, my liver was poured out to the earth, upon the breaking of the daughter of my people; in the fainting of the child and suckling in the wide places of the city.
Lamentations 2:19-20
Arise, cry aloud in the night: at the head of the watches pour out thy heart as water before the face of Jehovah: lift up thy hands to him for the soul of thy young children fainting with hunger in the head of all the streets.
Lamentations 4:4-5
The tongue of the suckling adhered to his palate in thirst: the young children asked for bread, none breaking bread to them.
Lamentations 4:9-10
Those wounded by the sword were good above those wounded by famine: these will flow away, being thrust through from the produce of the field.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin was scorched as a furnace from the face of the violent heat of famine.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these shall be added to you.
Acts 12:5
Truly therefore was Peter kept in prison: and prayer was made continually by the church to God for him.
Acts 24:27
And two years completed, Felix took Porcius Festus, a successor: and wishing to render a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul bound.
Acts 28:16
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commander of the camp: but to Paul it was permitted to remain by himself with a soldier watching him.
Acts 28:30
And Paul remained two whole years in his own wages, and received all going to him,
Ephesians 4:1
Therefore I, the imprisoned in the Lord, beseech you to walk Worthy of the calling which ye were called,
Ephesians 6:20
For which I am an ambassador in perplexity: that in it I might speak freely, as I ought to speak.
2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore shouldest thou not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his imprisoned: but partake of afflictions with the good news according to the power of God;
2 Timothy 2:9
In which I suffer ill treatment, to bonds, as an evil doer; but the word of God has not been bound.