Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.
New American Standard Bible
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the
King James Version
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Holman Bible
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
A Conservative Version
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sank in th
American Standard Version
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Amplified
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the
Bible in Basic English
So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.
Darby Translation
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Julia Smith Translation
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.
King James 2000
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
And they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison. And they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And there was no water in the pit, only mud. So Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
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.
NET Bible
So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.
New Heart English Bible
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
The Emphasized Bible
Then took they Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah son of the king, which was in the guard-court, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes, - now, in the dungeon, was no water only mire, so Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Webster
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
World English Bible
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that is in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.
Themes
Hammelech » Name of a man, or possibly only an appellation, meaning "the king,"
Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Persecution » Instances of » Of jeremiah
Persecution » Spirit of--exemplified » Zedekiah
Prisons » Dungeons attached to
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Confinement » Dungeon
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » And persecuting jeremiah
Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Imprisons jeremiah on account of his denunciations
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 38:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah Is Thrown Into The Pit Of Malchiah
5 King Zedekiah said, "Look, he's in your hands, and the king can do nothing to you." 6 So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud. 7 Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch in the king's house, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. The king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,
Cross References
Jeremiah 37:16
So Jeremiah came into the cells in the dungeon and remained there for a long time.
Jeremiah 37:21
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.
Zechariah 9:11
Now concerning you and my blood covenant with you, I have liberated your prisoners from a waterless pit.
Genesis 37:24
They grabbed him and tossed him into the cistern, but the cistern was empty. (There was no water in it.)
Psalm 40:2
He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.
Psalm 69:2
I am sinking in deep mire, and there is no solid ground. I have come into deep water, and the flood overwhelms me.
Psalm 69:14-15
Rescue me from the mud and do not let me sink. Rescue me from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.
Jeremiah 38:22
Look, all the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon, and will say, "These friends of yours have mislead you and overcome you. Your feet have sunk down into the mire, but they have turned away.'
Acts 16:24
Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons.
Psalm 109:5
They devise evil against me instead of good, and hatred in place of my love.
Jeremiah 36:26
The king ordered his son Jerahmeel, Azriel's son Seraiah, and Abdeel's son Shelemiah to get Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD had hidden them.
Jeremiah 38:11-12
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the palace, underneath the storeroom. He took worn out rags and worn out clothes from there, and using ropes he lowered them down to Jeremiah in the cistern.
Lamentations 3:52-55
My enemies hunted me like a bird, viciously and without justification.
Luke 3:19-20
Now Herod the tetrarch had been rebuked by John because he had married his brother's wife Herodias and because of all of the other evil things Herod had done.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair,
Hebrews 10:36
For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.